IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN YIELD GAPS OF CLUSTER FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION UNDER PULSE PRODUCTION IN KOHIMA DISTRICT

L.Y. PONGEN¹*, IMTISENLA², V.A. ZHIMOMI^3
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima, 797109, Nagaland, India
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima, 797109, Nagaland, India
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima, 797109, Nagaland, India
* Corresponding Author : longmakvk@gmail.com

Received : 02-08-2019     Accepted : 13-08-2019     Published : 15-08-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 15       Pages : 8883 - 8884
Int J Agr Sci 11.15 (2019):8883-8884

Keywords : Pulses, Yield gap, Technical knowledge, Front Line Demonstration, Rabi
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima, 797109, Nagaland, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Pulse is a highly valued field crop required for our consumption. Its productivity can be increase through proper land planning and scientific interventions. Farmers are the backbone of agriculture and have to be motivated to go for double cropping. All mean has been employed to enhance the productivity yet the production remains low. To minimize the yield gaps and maximize production, Front Line Demonstration on pulse (pea) production is been conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kohima from the year 2015-16 to 2018-19 at various villages of the district. The result from these demonstrations revealed a significant improvement in yield over farmers practice. The yield superiority ranged from 17.85 % to 36 %. A yield overall advantage of 28 percent was also recorded in Technology Demonstrated. Yield gap between 15% to 26.7% was observed over the years with an average yield gap of 25.75 percent. Overall Technical knowledge of the farmers was low, followed by medium and high. Maximum number of farmers (98%) had the knowledge about the intercultural operation followed by method of sowing (92%), seed treatment (48%), varieties (44%), disease control (38 %) and time of irrigation (36 %) respectively.

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