ENHANCING POTATO PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH FRONT LINE DEMONSTRATION

V.K. SINGH¹*, D. SINGH², S. PANDEY³, D.K. SINGH⁴, A.K. BAJPAI^5
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
* Corresponding Author : svinod036@gmail.com

Received : 19-05-2018     Accepted : 28-05-2018     Published : 30-05-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 10       Pages : 6166 - 6167
Int J Agr Sci 10.10 (2018):6166-6167

Keywords : Front Line Demonstration, Potato, High Yielding Variety, Recommended Practices, Farmers Practice
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors thankful to ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, PG College, Gorabazar, 233001, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Potato is a good source of energy as it is rich in carbohydrate and therefore it is the fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat and maize. India is the second largest producer of potato in the world. It is one of the most popular cash crops in India. It is produced 41.55 million tons from 1.97 million hectares with average productivity of 211 q/ha. Uttar Pradesh is largest potato producing state in India and it accounts for 34% of total production. Potato is very important Rabi crop of Ghazipur district. But due to lack of awareness about high yielding varieties of potato and unbalanced dose of fertilizer, its productivity is far below the average productivity of the state. Keeping in view for enhancing the potato productivity in Ghazipur district, KVK Ghazipur has conducted 26 demonstrations during 2014-2017 in four different villages of Karanda and Saidpur. During conduction of demonstration high yielding varieties of potato i.e., Kufri Chipsona-3 and Kufri Arun with recommended dose of fertilizer were used. The highest yield was recorded 337.00 q/ha in 2013-14 and it was 38.2% increase in yield over farmers practice. And the lowest yield was recorded 261 q/ha in 2015-16 and it was 28% increase in yield over farmers practice. The average yield increased over farmers practice was 32.63% and yield varied from 27.63 to 38.20 percent. The economics and cost benefit ratio of both control and demo plot was calculated accordingly. The average net return of demonstration was recorded Rs. 254158/- in comparison to Rs. 143758/- in farmers practice. Benefit cost ratio was 2.29 under demonstration and 1.78 found in farmers practice. Front Line Demonstration has vital role in enhancing productivity on the principles of 'Seeing is believing'.

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