Vol. 6, Special Issue 4 (2018)
Storage practices of Moong at farm-level in Vaishali District of Bihar – A case study
Author(s): Dr. Devendra Kumar, Dr. Shobha Rani
Abstract: India is producing 14.76 million tons of pulses from an area of 23.63 million hectare, which is one of the largest pulses producing countries in the world. However, about 2-3 million tons of pulses are imported annually to meet the domestic consumption required. This, there is need to increase production and productivity of pulses in the country by more intensive interventions. Presently, pulses development programms are being implemented through the centrally sponsored schemes of NFSM-Pulses in different states of India and Bihar is one of them. Vaishali district is also producing different types of pulses i.e. Red Gram, Green Gram, Lentil and seeing the importance of green gram (Moong) in the Vaishali district of Bihar. Among various pulse crops, Moong has become a very important pulse crop in Bihar, Moong occupied about 2.5 lac hectares in Bihar and the total production was about 2.0 lac tones during 2016-17. One survey was conducted during the year 2017 for the storage of green gram (Moong) in eight villages of Vaishali district and was found that out of the total moong stored at the farm level, 69.71 percent was stored in gunny bags and 28.41 percent was stored in various earthern pots. Only a very small quantity (1.88 percent) of the total production is stored in different types of structures such as iron canister or can.
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Dr. Devendra Kumar, Dr. Shobha Rani. Storage practices of Moong at farm-level in Vaishali District of Bihar – A case study. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 2018; 6(4): 06-07.
