On-farm performance of tomato cultivar Utkal Raja under off-season rainfed conditions of Eastern Ghats Highland Zone of Odisha


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Authors

  • Jyotshnarani Maharana KrishiVigyan Kendra -OUAT, Semiliguda, Koraput
  • S.K Behera KrishiVigyan Kendra -OUAT, Semiliguda, Koraput
  • Praveen Jakhar Scientist, CSWCRTI, Koraput, Odisha
  • Anchal Dass Senior Scientist-Agronomy, IARI, New Delhi- 110012

Keywords:

Frontline demonstration, extension gap, technology gap, tomato

Abstract

A study was conducted at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Semiliguda in Eastern Ghats Highland zone of Odisha for three consecutive rainy seasons of 2011, 2012 and 2013 to evaluate the performance of tomato variety Utkal Raja at farmers' field under rainfed conditions. Front line demonstrations (FLDs) were conducted with scientific package of off-season tomato cultivation. Utkal Raja variety of tomato was found superior over farmers' existing practices with local varieties. Utkal Raja with improved production technologies in FLDs, increased mean fruit yield by 22% over existing farmers' practice with only 1273/ha extra expenditure on inputs. The mean extension gap (3.75 t/ha) and mean incremental B:C ratio (30.7) is sufficiently high to motivate farmers for adoption of Utkal Raja in offseason tomato production technology

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Vol. 35 No. 4 (2014): Annals of Agricultural Research

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How to Cite

Maharana, J., Behera, S., Jakhar, P., & Dass, A. (2016). On-farm performance of tomato cultivar Utkal Raja under off-season rainfed conditions of Eastern Ghats Highland Zone of Odisha. Annals of Agricultural Research, 35(4). https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/AAR/article/view/47011