Impact of front line demonstrations on yield and economics of sugarcane + cauliflower intercropping in Pune district

Abstract

The present study was conducted with one hundred demonstrations on pre-seasonal sugarcane + cauliflower intercropping in Pune district of Maharashtra. Front line demonstrations were conducted by the active participation of the farmers with the objective of percolating improved technologies of sugarcane + cauliflower production potential. The improved technologies consist of integrated nutritional management (soil test based) and pest and disease management. Demonstrations recorded the average sugarcane yield 62.45 tones acre-1 in demonstration plot as against 47.5 tones acre-1 in farmer’s practice and cauliflower yield 5.34 tones acre-1 in demonstration plot as against 3.65 tones acre-1 in farmer’s practice. The 77.60 tones acre-1 maximum, 40.80 tones acre-1 minimum sugarcane yield were recorded from demonstrations along with 3.4 tones to 7.60 tones acre-1 cauliflower. The higher Benefit Cost Ratio of 2.39 was obtained in demonstrations as against 2.01 in farmers practice.