Intercrop Disparities

The production and productivity of wheat, rice, maize and bajra have gone up. There are however, several cereal and cash crops (pulses, small millets, barley, oilseeds) which are not performing satisfactorily. It is in the case of kharif pulses where the performance needs much improvement. Development of High Yielding Varieties of pulses for each of the agro-climatic region is the pressing need of the day.