Journal of Progressive Agriculture

The study was conducted at two dry districts of Madhya Pradesh viz. Ratlam and Mandsaur. The research design that adopted for the study was exploratory survey and evaluation. The data were collected through personal interview method with the help of structured questionnaire. The present paper tries to know the changes occurred due to the Sunehra Kal project funded by Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) Limited in two districts of Madhya Pradesh which aims to increase the area and production of agriculture crops particularly soybean and wheat through soil and water management in the study area. Results indicated that the soybean (Kharif) crop recived increase of 0.24 acres area and increased production of 2.92 q/household in Ratlam district. There was limited change in Upper Reaches of Mandsaur district but in Lower Reaches increase of 0.16 acres area and increased production of 4.03 q/household was recorded. The major Rabi crop wheat recorded an increase of 0.73 acres per household in Ratlam district whereas the average increase was 0.45 and 0.36 acres area in Lower Reaches and upper Reaches of Mandsaur district. It was also observed that the area was cotton decreased in Ratlam where as in Mandsaur area in cotton was nil.