Evaluation of Front Line Demonstrations on Gram in Arid Zone
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Bhagwan Singh
ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342 003, India
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Anurag Saxena
ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur 342 003, India
Abstract
The study was carried out during rabi seasons of 2014-15 and 2015-16 in seven villages of Barmer, Jaisalmer and Jodhpur districts of Rajasthan to evaluate the front line demonstrations on gram conducted by ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur. The data were collected from 45 farmers. The findings of the study results revealed that improved technology recorded a mean yield of 1517 kg ha-1 which was 22.4% higher than the yield obtained by farmers’ practices (1230 kg ha-1). The higher net returns (Rs. 47223 ha-1) and benefit: cost ratio of 1.52 was obtained with improved technologies in comparison to farmer’s practices (Rs. 38354 and 1.33 correspondingly).
Key words: Gram, front line demonstration, extension gap, technology gap, technology index.
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Table 3. Gross Expenditure, Gross Return, Net Return and B:C ratio of gram production under FLDs
Year
Name of variety
Gross return
(Rs. ha-1)
Cost of cultivation
(Rs. ha-1)
Net return
(Rs. ha-1)
B:C
ratio
FP*
IP*
FP
IP
FP
IP
FP
IP
-15
CSJK-6
33
52
CSJK-21
33
35
RSG-963
33
65
-16
GNG-1581
35
56
Mean
33
52
FP*-Farmers practices; IP*-Improved practices.
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