Subhash Chandra, M.L. Reager*, Naval Kishor, B.S. Kherawat and Richa Pant
Directorate of Extension Education
*Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bikaner-II
Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner (Rajasthan)
Received-02.01.2022, Revised-19.01.2022, Accepted-28.01.2022
Abstract: Pulses are important food crops for human consumption and animal feed. The green gram production among pulses was 1299655 MT from the area of 2322998 hectares in Rajasthan in the year 2019-20. The major cultivation of green gram is based upon rainfed conditions. In Bikaner district, the green gram is grown in an area of 47420 hectares with an annual production of over 16857 MT (Agricultural Statistics at a Glance Year 2019-20, Govt. of Rajasthan). The study in total 125 frontline demonstrations were conducted on farmers’ fields in four block of Bikaner district in Rajasthan during Kharif season 2018 and 2019 to demonstrate production potential and economic benefit of improved technologies for the green gram crop. The findings of the study revealed that demonstrations recorded a mean seed yield of 657 Kg ha-1 which was 25.03 % higher than farmers’ practice seed yield (525 Kg ha-1). The average extension yield gap, technology yield gap and technology index were 132 Kg ha-1, 444 Kg ha-1 and 40.1 %, respectively. Higher mean net income of ` 24647/- ha-1 with a Benefit: Cost ratio of 2.40 was obtained with improved technologies in comparison to farmers’ practices (` 18013/- ha-1 with a Benefit: Cost ratio of 2.2). The frontline demonstrations conducted on green gram at the farmers’ field revealed that the adoption of improved technologies enhanced the seed yield as well as the net returns and income to the farmers under rainfed conditions.
Keywords: Adoption, frontline demonstration, profitability, green gram, livelihood and gap analysis
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