1Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India.
2Department of Plant Physiology, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India.
3Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bankhedi, Hoshangabad-461 990, Madhya Pradesh, India.
4Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Anuppur-484 887, Madhya Pradesh, India.
5Department of Statistics, College of Agriculture Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India.
6Department of Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India.
*Corresponding Author: Moni Thomas, Directorate of Research Services, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur-482 004, Madhya Pradesh, India, Email: moni_thomas@rediffmail.com
Online Published on 06 January, 2023.
Pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] is an important deep-rooted pulse crop, predominantly cultivated in rainfed areas by both Indian and South African countries by small and marginal farmers. Incidentally, this group of farmers are malnourished and socio-economically backward.
A low input technology-‘Jawahar model for doubling income of resource constrained marginal farmers’ was evaluated once again with different combination of soil microbes in a substrate filled in used Polypropylene bags.
Total C. cajan seed yield per plant in 3 hand pickings varied from 1066.66 g to 1254.83 g in different treatment combination of soil microbes in a substrate. Lac- the next produce, from the plant varied from a mean of 327.47 g to 386.07 g per C. cajan plant. Two premium crops from the same plant with same effort and resources per unit area may help C. cajan growers to double their income, improve their household nourishment as well as soil nutrient status.
C. cajan, Doubling farmers income, Jawahar model, Lac production, Sustainable agriculture
