Informatics Publishing Limited

Pushpa Jharia ¹, Jagriti Borkar ¹, Sandhya Mure ¹, R. C. Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (JNKVV), Harda (M.P.), IN

Abstract

Harda district in central M.P. has acquired the tag of “Mini Punjab” due to bumper wheat production in the last few years coupled with “Soybean” as cash crop during monsoon season. The economy of the area has grown rapidly, but there is a dark side to this new prosperity. “Mono-cropping” is slowly but surely making the farmer of this area overly dependent on these two crops.

Full Text

     

Pushpa Jharia ¹, Sarvesh Kumar ¹, Jagriti Borkar ¹, Sandhya Mure ¹, R. C. Sharma ¹

Affiliations
1 Krishi Vigyan Kendra (JNKVV), Harda (M.P.), IN

Abstract

The progress of human civilization mainly depend on agriculture in Harda district for sustainable income and employment people seen to be very much dependent on mostly two crops that is in Kharif soybean crop and Rabiwheat crop. The majority of small scale farmer use old variety of wheat which give low yield due to lack of resistant to insect, pest, diseases, drought and other stress. High yielding variety of wheat offer much higher yields, new varieties of wheat have been released for cultivation, higher tolerance/resistant to insect-pest, diseases, heat, cold. It has also higher nutritional value, excellent dalia and bread making quality and other special traits.

Keywords

High Yielding, Variety, Poshan (HI-8663), Wheat.

Full Text