Chief Editor:

J. S. Sandhu

Vice Chancellor, SKN Agriculture, University, Jobner, VC, NDUAT, Faizabad, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi

Frequency:Monthly

Indexing:

BIOSIS Preview, ISI Citation Index, Biological Abstracts, Elsevier (Scopus and Embase), AGRICOLA, Go...

Impact of national food security mission-pulses on legumes production performance in Punjab, India

J.M. Singh, D.K. Grover

Affiliations

¹Agro-Economic Research Centre, Dept. of Economics & Sociology, Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana-141 001, India.

Submitted|
First Online |
doi 10.18805/lr.v38i5.5937

Cite article:- Singh J.M., Grover D.K. (2025). Impact of national food security mission-pulses on legumes production performance in Punjab, India. Legume Research. 38(5): 609-615. doi: 10.18805/lr.v38i5.5937.

ABSTRACT

Punjab predominantly being an agrarian state contributes maximum of wheat and rice to the central pool. Renowned researchers are continuously emphasizing on the diversification of Punjab agriculture. In order to promote pulse production in the country, National Food Security Mission-Pulses programme was started in 2007-08. The present investigation was undertaken in district Ferozepur, selected under NFSM-pulses. The analysis of primary data revealed that the area and production of pulses increased on all the farm size categories with maximum increase in area on small farms. The study emphasized to develop efficient marketing mechanism for pulses to widen their production base.

KEYWORDS

REFERENCES

Disclaimer :

All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Copyright :

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.