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area increased substantially in Rajasthan, Haryana,<br />

and Madhya Pradesh, was stable in Gujarat and<br />

Karnataka, and declined marginally in Maharashtra<br />

and Uttar Pradesh. The decline was rapid in Punjab.<br />

In Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh,<br />

and Tamil Nadu, land was diverted to more profitable<br />

crops.<br />

Pearl millet production increased from 3.5 million t<br />

in the pre-HYV period (1954-65) to 5.25 million t in<br />

the post-HYV period (1965-84), with an annual<br />

growth rate of 2.7%. A l l states except Andhra Pradesh<br />

and Punjab increased production. Gujarat<br />

(5%), Tamil Nadu (4.7%), Karnataka (3.9%), and<br />

Haryana (3.1%) recorded higher annual growth<br />

rates than the national compound growth rate. The<br />

production decline in Andhra Pradesh and Punjab<br />

could be attributed to decreased area, while the production<br />

increase in all other states is apparently from<br />

an increase in productivity. The national productivity<br />

increased from 312 kg ha -1 in 1954-65 to 446 kg<br />

ha -1 in 1965-84, an annual growth rate of 2.3%.<br />

Growth rates in Punjab (7.6%), Gujarat (5%), Karnataka<br />

(3.9%), and Haryana (2.4%) were higher than<br />

the national average. The remaining states also<br />

increased productivity by 0.3-1.8%.<br />

State and District Production<br />

Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh<br />

are the principal pearl millet growing states. They<br />

grew 68.8% of national production on 76.7% of the<br />

pearl millet area during 1965-84 (Table 3). Other<br />

important pearl millet growing states are Haryana<br />

(0.89 million ha), Andhra Pradesh (0.55 million ha),<br />

and Karnataka (0.52 million ha). Pearl millet is also<br />

grown in Tamil Nadu (0.41 million ha), Madhya<br />

Pradesh (0.21 million ha), and Punjab (0.13 million<br />

ha). There are 32 districts in India, each with more<br />

than 0.1 million ha growing pearl millet (Table 4).<br />

Table 4. Principal pearl millet growing districts in India, 1976-81.<br />

Area (% of Indian total)<br />

Productivity (kg ha -1 )<br />

State<br />

Selected districts 1<br />

State<br />

Selected<br />

districts<br />

State<br />

Selected<br />

districts<br />

Rajasthan<br />

Barmer (0.89)<br />

Nagaur (0.49)<br />

Jalore (0.26)<br />

Jaipur (0.21)<br />

Jhunjhunu (0.20)<br />

Alwar (0.15)<br />

Sawai Madhopur (0.14)<br />

Jodhpur (0.56)<br />

Churu (0.39)<br />

Bikaner (0.24)<br />

Sikar (0.21)<br />

Jaisalmer (0.16)<br />

Bharatpur(0.15)<br />

39.0<br />

36.7<br />

224 286<br />

Maharashtra<br />

Nasik (0.35)<br />

Aurangabad (0.18)<br />

Dhule (0.13)<br />

Satara (0.11)<br />

Ahmednagar (0.28)<br />

Pune (0.16)<br />

Bhir (0.11)<br />

14.9<br />

12.0<br />

393 403<br />

Gujarat<br />

Banaskantha (0.29)<br />

Kaira (0.16)<br />

Kutch (0.l0)<br />

Mehsana(0.21)<br />

Bhavnagar(0.13)<br />

12.7<br />

8.0<br />

909 1004<br />

Uttar Pradesh<br />

Agra (0.13)<br />

Aligarh(0.11)<br />

Haryana<br />

Bhiwani (0.26)<br />

Mohindergarh (0.12)<br />

Hisar(0.12)<br />

8.0<br />

4.5<br />

440 461<br />

Karnataka<br />

Bijapur (0.23)<br />

Gulbarga (0.14)<br />

5.1<br />

3.3<br />

460 453<br />

India<br />

11.0<br />

-<br />

458<br />

1. Figures in brackets are area (ha x 10 6 ).<br />

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