Legume Research

  • Chief EditorJ. S. Sandhu

  • Print ISSN 0250-5371

  • Online ISSN 0976-0571

  • NAAS Rating 6.80

  • SJR 0.391

  • Impact Factor 0.8 (2024)

Frequency :
Monthly (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December)
Indexing Services :
BIOSIS Preview, ISI Citation Index, Biological Abstracts, Elsevier (Scopus and Embase), AGRICOLA, Google Scholar, CrossRef, CAB Abstracting Journals, Chemical Abstracts, Indian Science Abstracts, EBSCO Indexing Services, Index Copernicus
Legume Research, volume 39 issue 5 (october 2016) : 806-809

Comparative economics of seed production vis - à - vis grain production of pigeonpea in Karnataka, India

Govind Pal*, Radhika C., R. K. Singh, Udaya Bhaskar K., H. Ram, S. Rajendra Prasad
1<p>ICAR- Directorate of Seed Research,&nbsp;Mau &ndash; 275103, UP, India</p>
Cite article:- Pal* Govind, C. Radhika, Singh K. R., K. Bhaskar Udaya, Ram H., Prasad Rajendra S. (2015). Comparative economics of seed production vis - &agrave; - vis grainproduction of pigeonpea in Karnataka, India . Legume Research. 39(5): 806-809. doi: 10.18805/lr.v0iOF.7484.

The present study was based on primary data collected for 100 farmers from Gulbarga district of Karnataka during the agricultural year 2013-14. Tabular and discriminant function analysis was used in the present study. The analysis of data shows that the total cost of cultivation in pigeonpea seed production was around 23 per cent higher than grain production. The variable cost was comparatively higher in seed production (26936 per ha) over grain production (20698 per ha). The gross return was about 32 per cent higher in seed production than grain production and net return from seed production of pigeonpea was 44 per cent higher than grain production. The discriminant analysis indicated that gross return with 55.88 per cent followed by seed (18.52 per cent), human labour (8.35 per cent), manures and fertilizers (7.01per cent), bullock and machine labour (5.99 per cent), plant protection chemicals (4.26 per cent) contributed to discriminate between the seed and grain production of pigeonpea. The net return from pigeonpea seed production was encouraging, therefore the area under seed production may be increased for higher profitability and timely supply of quality seed to the farmers. 


  1. Anonymous. (2007). DSR- Perspective Plan Vision 2025. ICAR- Directorate of Seed Research, Kushmaur, Mau, UP, India.

  2. Anonymous. (2011). Fully Revised Estimates of Principal Crops in Karnataka for the Year 2009-10. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Bangalore. 

  3. Anonymous. (2013). Agricultural Statistics at a glance 2013. Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. 

  4. Dillion, W.R. and Goldstein, M. (1984). Multivariate analysis: Methods and Applications. Wiley Publications, New York. 

  5. Jamadar, M.I., Sajjan, A.S. and Kumar, S. (2014). Economic analysis of seed production in transplanted pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.]. International Journal of Commerce and Business Management, 7(1): 63-66. 

  6. Kumar, S. and Bourai, V.A. (2012). Economic analysis of pulses production, their benefits and constraints (A case study of sample villages of Assan valley of Uttarakhand, India). IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 1(4): 41-53. 

  7. Pramod, G., Pujari, B.T., Basavaraja, M.K., Mahantesh, V. and Gowda, V. (2010). Yield, yield parameters and economics of pigeonpea [Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.] as influenced by genotypes, planting geometry and protective irrigation. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 6(2): 422-425. 

  8. Sahu, R.P. and Jiyawan, Ram (2012). Comparative economics of Pigeonpea cultivation in the Farmers’ fields in Uttarakhand. Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 7(2): 171-174.

  9. Singh, Gurdev, Asokan, S.R. and Asopa, V.N. (1990). Seed industry in India- A management perspective. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., New Delhi. 

  10. Sreelakshmi, Ch., Kumar, C.V. S. and Shivani, D. (2012). Productivity Enhancement of Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.) through improved production technologies. Madras Agric. J., 99(4-6): 248-250. 

  11. Tuppad, G.B., Koppalkar, B.G., Halepyati, A.S. and Desai, B.K. (2012). Yield and economics of pigeonpea genotypes as influenced by planting geometry under rainfed condition. Karnataka J. Agric. Sci., 25(2): 179-182. 

     

Editorial Board

View all (0)