An Assessment on Effect of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on Growth and Stability of Major Pulses Production in India and Karnataka

Abstract

This paper has analysed the impact of National Food Security Mission (NFSM) on Growth and Stability in Pulse production in major states of India and exclusively in Karnataka State. In order to study the effect of NFSM on the production of major pulses, the data were collected for the period 1997–98 to 2013–14 which was divided into two periods that is, Pre NFSM (1997–98 to 2006–07) and Post NFSM (2007–08 to 2013–14). The findings convey that, an increasing trend in area, production and productivity was found in case of redgram and Bengal gram after introduction of NFSM at both all India and Karnataka level. In case of green gram, at all India level growth in area was negative during post NFSM period while in pre-NFSM period, it was positive and significant at 1per cent level. The average productivity of Redgram, Green gram and Bengal gram for all India was 682, 350 and 804 kg per hectare during pre NFSM period which has increased to 730, 406 and 913Kg per hectare during post NFSM period respectively. Conversely, in case of Karnataka State for H-K region, the overall growth of green gram production was negative (−5.42 per cent) and nonsignificant during pre-NFSM period while, it was positive (11.22per cent) and non-significant during post NFSM period. However, the productivity of H-K region was negative during both pre-NFSM and Overall period during the study. With respect to Bengal gram the significant positive growth in production and productivity was noticed during post-NFSM period. Thus, NFSM was found to be effective in increasing the production and productivity of pulses and thereby help in providing nutritional security of the population.