Legume Research
Web of Science
  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue: 4

Social impact of evident pigeon pea improved variety BDN 711 grown by small landholders in Chh. Sambhajinagar and Jalna districts

  • Author:
  • S.S. Holmukhe1,*, R.P. Kadam1, D.K. Patil2
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 705 to 713

1Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 002, Maharashtra, India

2Agriculture Research Services, Badnapur, Jalna, Under Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431002, Maharashtra, India

*Corresponding Author: S.S. Holmukhe, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani-431 002, Maharashtra, India, Email: ss.holmukhephdextn2020@gmail.com

Online published on 22 July, 2025.

Abstract

In Maharashtra in 2013-14 area under Pigeonpea was 11.41 lakh hectares and productivity was 906 kg/ha. Majority of the farmers cultivated Pigeonpea as a cash crop, but it cannot see to all farmers due to dry land cultivation with using long duration and local varieties. In 2011-12 VNMKV Parbhani has developed BDN 711 new variety of Pigeonpea to overcome the production problems and increasing the productivity of Pigeonpea in Maharashtra.

The present study was undertaken in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra state during the years 2021-22. Purposive on the basis of the maximum number of farmers cultivating red gram (BDN 711), were found in these two districts and four talukas sixteen villages were selected for conducting the study. So from each village, fifteen farmers were selected purposefully from that list and we considered them respondents, thus making a sample of 240 respondents. To study the impact, some respondents were analyse before and after cultivation of BDN 711, i.e., recall memories of farmers. An ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study.

The findings with regard to total social impact change percentage divided by the overall percentage of each component before and after cultivation of BDN 711 show that the farmers have established 14.44% social impact.

Keywords

After cultivation, BDN 711, Before cultivation, Social impact