Year : 2018, Volume : 13, Issue : 2
First page : ( 291) Last page : ( 295)
Print ISSN : 2230-9047. Online ISSN : 2231-6736. Published online : 2018  1.

Yield gap analysis of Gobhi sarson (Brassica napus) through Front Line Demonstrations in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh

Kumar Sanjay¹, Sharma Neetu^1,*

¹CSKHPKV, Palampur, Hamirpur, H.P.

*Corresponding author email id: neepradu@gmail.com

Received:  1  February,  2018; Revised:  1  April,  2018.

Abstract

Acreage and productivity of oilseed crops is declining in Himachal Pradesh in general and Hamirpur district in particular. To boost the production and productivity of oilseed crops Krishi Vigyan Kendras are conducting Front line demonstrations (FLDs) on oilseed crops. The main objective of FLD's on oilseeds is to demonstrate and popularize the improved technologies and management practices on farmers’ fields for effective transfer of generated technology under different farming situations and agroclimatic regions so that the wide yield gap existing between farmers’ practices and recommended technologies may be identified and can be filled. Frontline demonstrations in gobhi sarson (Brassica.napus) during rabi season were studied for five years (Rabi 2008–09 to 2012–13) in Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. There was a wide yield gap between the potential and demonstration yields in gobhi sarson mainly due to technology and extension gaps. The demonstrations on gobhi sarson crop indicated that percent increase in yield over farmers practice was from 36 to 73.8 percent over five years. It was further observed that in terms of economics gobhi sarson crop recorded higher net returns per hectare compared to farmer's practice during all the years. The benefit cost ratio raised from 0.83 to 1.86 in demonstration plots of gobhi sarson. The percent technology index varied from 33 to 63 percent indicating urgent need to motivate the farmers to adopt economical viable technologies for increasing production, productivity and profitability of pulse crops.

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Keywords

Economics, Frontline demonstration, Gobhi sarson, Productivity, Technology gap.

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