Performance of sesame variety YLM-66 (SARADA) under Cluster Frontline Demonstrations in Andhra Pradesh
Performance of sesame variety YLM-66 (SARADA) under Cluster Frontline Demonstrations in Andhra Pradesh
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Keywords:
Net returns and extension gap, Sesame, YLM-66, YieldAbstract
A total of 1530 Cluster frontline demonstrations were conducted in farmers’ fields with sesame variety YLM-66. The demonstration yields with YLM-66 and recommended package of practices ranged between 7.37 q ha-1 to 8.13q ha-1 with average yield of 7.71 q ha-1 which was 30.08% higher than the farmer’s practice (5.93 q ha-1). The average net returns of 39201 Rs. ha-1 and benefit cost ratio of 2.81 were recorded with improved technology against net returns of 26573 Rs. ha-1 and benefit cost ratio of 2.34 in farmers’ practice.
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