Volume : VIII, Issue : I, January - 2019

Impact Assessment of Cluster Front Line Demonstration on Mustard Crop in Sultanpur District of UP

J. B. Singh, N. K. Singh, C. K. Tripathi

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Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sultanpur conducted 121 demonstrations on mustard variety RH-406 during two consecutive years from 2016–17 to 2017–18. The critical inputs were identified in existing production technology through meetings and discussions with farmers & on the basis of soil sampling. Delayed sowing & use of higher seed rate resulting into dense plant population, uneven plant population, uncontrolled weeds, ignorance about fertilizers and lack of plant protection measures were the predominant identified causes of low productivity of oilseeds in district Sultanpur. In the same sequence the other parameters like technological impact, economical impact and extension gap were analyzed for Impact assessment of front line demonstration on mustard crop and feasibility of demonstrated technologies at grass root levels. The results of two consecutive years study revealed that the yield under demonstration plots was 19.85q /ha as compared to 14.77q /ha in traditional farmer practices plots. This additional yield of 5.08 q /ha and the increase in average mustard productivity by 40.1 per cent may contribute to present oilseed requirement on national basis. The average of technology gap, extension gap and technology index were found to 2.15, 7.23 and 10.22 per cent respectively. The results clearly indicate the positive effects of FLDs over the existing practices. Benefit cost ratio was recorded to be higher under demonstrations against control treatments during the years of experimentation.

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IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CLUSTER FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION ON MUSTARD CROP IN SULTANPUR DISTRICT OF UP, J.B.Singh, N.K.Singh, C.K.Tripathi GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-8 | Issue-1 | January-2019


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