Open AccessSeed Production of Selected Crops in Telangana State, India: Assessment of Demand, Supply and Constraints
Author(s) -
P. Divakar Reddy,
K Seema,
Rajni Kumari,
M. Sreenivasulu,
D. Srinivasa Chary,
B. Manjunatha
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of extension education
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.48165/ijee.2022.58241
Subject(s) - production (economics) , multistage sampling , supply and demand , agricultural science , mathematics , economics , environmental science , statistics , macroeconomics , microeconomics
The study estimated the gap in demand and supply of seed production in paddy, groundnut and soybean in Telangana state from 2012-13 to 2016-17. There was a surplus in paddyseed production (95 to 216%), which was exported to other states; inconsistency in groundnut seed production and deficit in few years was met through seed imported from Gujarat state; and deficit in soybean (13 to 80%) was met by imports from Madhya Pradesh. The constraints in seed production were assessed through primary data collected during 2017-18, using the multistage random sampling technique. Farmers reported that