Improving rice productivity and profitability through front line demonstrations in Eastern-Gangetic plains of India
FLD of rice crop
Keywords:
Economics, Extension Gap, FLDs, Improved Technology, Productivity, RiceAbstract
On-farm cluster front-line demonstrations (CFLDs) were carried out during Kharif season of 2016 and 2017 to assess the impact of Frontline Demonstrations (FLDs) on productivity and profitability of rice crop and improved technologies in different district of Bihar. The CFLDs were conducted by the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Regional Station Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar with the help of KVKs of respective district under the IARI-Outreach Programme to know the yield gap, extension gap, economic return, extent of farmer’s satisfaction, and constraints faced by the farmers, especially paddy growers of Bihar. The farmers are trained production technology through personal interaction, discussions with farmers and scientists and group meetings. It was revealed that the demonstrated technologies under FLDs resulted in an augmented mean yield of 4.22 t/ha having an edge of 43.64% higher yield over Local Check (farmer’s practice) of 2.94 t/ha. Demonstration technology recorded a mean extension gap (EG) of 1.28 t/ha. The FLDs recorded an additional return of ₹16021.50/ha and ₹17359.00/ha with B: C ratio of 1.47 and 1.36 for demonstration and 1.35 and 1.18 for Local Check during 2016 and 2017, respectively. The lack of improved high-yielding rice varieties was found to be the most difficult constraint. To overcome this problem farmers are advised to adopt new rice varieties as well as recommended improved production technologies to increase the production and productivity of rice in Eastern Gangetic Plains of India.
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