Smale, M. and Diressie, M.T. and Birol, E. (2016) Understanding the potential for adoption of high-iron varieties of pearl millet in Maharashtra, India: what explains their popularity? Food Security, 8 (2). pp. 331-344.
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Pearl millet is one of the most important food staples of poorer populations in the drylands of India. To better understand the potential market for high-iron, pearl millet hybrids, we explored factors associated with growing pearl millet, and those that influence whether farmers grow major (popular) hybrids, as compared with minor cultivars in the State of Maharashtra. We tested the relationships among cultivar choice, seed source, and information sources. The data confirm that pearl millet is more likely to be grown by poorer households in drier, drought-prone areas. Scheduled castes are more likely to grow popular hybrids, and less likely to grow minor cultivars, but are no less likely to acquire seed from commercial vendors than less privileged people.....
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Pearlmillet, Adoption, Iron deficiency, India |
| Author Affiliation: | Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2017 05:14 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Feb 2017 05:14 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-016-0559-9 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/14764 |
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