Project Deals with inter cropping of oil seed and pulses thus we are promoting pulses cultivation along with oilseed cultivation to improve production of both crops and utilize the land in the sane season for two crops reducing risks in cultivation.

Activities & Output of Project:-
Pulses are playing a vital role in ensuring the food and nutritional security in India. However, there is a huge gap in supply and demand of many of the pulse crops. There is a huge potential for substantially enhancing production of pulses in India, primarily by increasing productivity and to some extent increasing area. A large gap exists between the average yields received by farmers and the yields obtained in research stations and well managed farmers’ fields. The adoption of high yielding cultivars/hybrids and improved crop management practices can increase the yield substantially. There is also a scope of enhancing area in the rice-fallows of eastern India (and possibly other rice-fallow areas, and also in the hilly areas where some of the improved extra- short and short-duration varieties.
Some of the interventions that can bring a pulses revolution in project areas are listed below:
a. Promoting cultivation of early maturing, heat tolerant varieties for expanding rabi pulses (chickpea, lentil, field pea) cultivation in Gram-fallows of Villages:Vast areas of Gram-fallows (about 10 million ha) available in the areas, offer opportunities for expanding area under rabi pulses. The earlier experiments clearly demonstrated that chickpea, lentil and field pea are suitable pulse crops for gram-fallows, provided suitable varieties and technologies for crop establishment in rainfed rice-fallows are available. The most important traits required in the varieties for Gram-fallows include early growth vigor, early to extra-early maturity, and tolerance to reproductive stage heat stress. For example, an early maturing and heat tolerant chickpea variety JG 14 (ICCV 92944) released for late sown conditions of Madhya is already becoming popular in Eastern India. This variety and other heat tolerant varieties can be promoted along with suitable sowing equipment and technologies for ensuring better crop establishment and plant stand. . Similarly, early maturing varieties of lentil like Pant L 6, HUL 57, DPL 62, Moitree etc. are getting popularity among farmers of project areas as these varieties are suitable for late sown and rice fallow conditions. Recently, short duration field pea varieties viz., Vikas and Prakash are being accepted by the framers of two villages in sehore of I as farmers are getting more price when they sale immature pods in market.
b. Promoting early-maturing, drought and heat tolerant and disease resistant varieties for project villages and heat stresses during the reproductive phase and with increasing severity towards the end of the crop season are the major abiotic stresses of chickpea and other rabi pulses as these crops are generally grown rainfed (68%) on residual soil moisture and experiences progressively receding soil moisture conditions and increasing atmospheric temperatures towards end of the crop season. Early maturity is an important trait for escaping these terminal stresses. In addition, we need cultivars with enhanced tolerances to these stresses. For example, some of the promising varieties of chickpea possessing these traits include JG 11, JG 130, JAKI 9218, KAK 2 and Vihar. The adoption of such varieties needs to be enhanced in this villages. . Farmers of villages usually have preference for large seeded lentil varieties. Considering the demand several early maturing varieties having large seeds were released for cultivation. Out of these varieties, DPL 62, JL 3, IPL 316 and IPL 526 are getting popularity in Madhya Pradesh. Government of M.P. has also taken initiative to promote early maturing lentil varieties in state. Similarly, early maturing fieldpea varieties like Adarsh, DDR 23, Ambika, Vikas, Indra, Shikha and Prakash are very popular and have helped in enhancing fieldpea productivity (1100 kg ha-1) in India.. This variety has potential to replace some of the area of vegetable type pea. In southern India, fieldpea is a less known crop but have vast potential during kharif season. For example, many farmers in adjoining of project areas have already started cultivation of pea during kharif season. These varieties offer ample scope in project villages.
c. Extra-short and short-duration pigeonpea in high elevation and soyabean-fallow cropping system:Early duration pigeonpea varieties have a potential to grow in new niches considering its photo and thermo insensitivity. It can be grown in diverse range of latitudes (30° N) and altitudes (1250 msl) like in Madhya Pradesh. For instance, ICPL 88039, a short duration (140-150 days) pigeonpea variety, can enhance pigeonpea production in the project areas. This variety provides an opportunity to increase crop intensity by growing a post-rainy season crop after harvesting pigeonpea. Since its cultivation does not require any additional inputs and the grains have good market value, its adoption by the farmers will be quick. Similarly,super-early lines (ICPL 11300, ICPL 11285 and ICPL 20325) maturing in 90 days have potential to be adaptive and productive in the soyabean-fallow cropping system and rainfed areas.
d. Expanding pigeonpea hybrid production: During the past 5 decades, pigeonpea productivity in Sehore district has remained almost stagnant around 700 kg ha-1. In this context, the hybrids can produce more biomass (more than 50%) and productivity (more than 30-40%) than varieties. Nabard and its partner NGO SVSS have developed the hybrid technology in pigeonpea. In the past 6 years, several hybrids (ICPH 2671, ICPH 2740, and ICPH 3762) have shown enhanced productivity and adaptability State, Madhya Pradesh.
e. Promotion of pulses in intercropping systems and nontraditional areas:Pulse crops are grown as intercrops in many parts of the country during all three crop seasons (rabi, kharif and spring/summer) and forms integral part of rainfed agriculture. Vast potential exists for promotion of pulse crops in intercropping system as an intercrop. For example, chickpea/ lentil + autumn planted; mungbean + long/medium duration pigeonpea in project areas; pigeonpea + soybean; andpigeonpea + sorghum etc. Offers not only scope to enhanced pulses production but also to ensure sustainable agricultural production base.
f. Knowledge empowerment of farmers and making seeds and other inputs available to farmers: There has been slow adoption of improved cultivars and production technologies by farmers. The major reasons include unawareness of farmers about improved cultivars and technologies or unavailability of seeds and other required inputs. Concerted efforts on training and other awareness activities for farmers, strengthening formal and informal seed systems and increasing access to other inputs are needed for enhancing adoption of improved cultivars and technologies. Considering the huge requirement of quality seed of improved varieties, and limited interest of private players in the pulses seed sector, there is need to encourage ‘Seed Village’ concept through involvement of farmers in quality seed production. We will also need to develop good linkages between the formal and informal seed system so that the entire seed system chain can be strengthened In this region usually consume or sell green immature pods of chickpea and field pea, therefore proper training and awareness among farmers need to be created for production of quality seeds, and policy support from government is inevitable.