Impact of front line demonstration on the yield of niger in western Ghat Zone of Maharashtra

Abstract

The present study was conducted to investigation the costs involved and returns obtained from the cultivation of niger and compare the performance of niger variety IGPN 2004-1 and IGPN 8004 with the local variety of farmer in the district Nashik. The demonstration were conducted by Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Igatpuri at the farmers fields of many villages during the kharif season from 2014-15 to 2018-19 in district Nashik of Maharashtra. The average yield of FLD was 297.40 Kg/ha as compared to farmers practices 192.20 Kg/ha. The average yield increased 56.40 per cent over farmer’s practices during the five years. The result indicated that the front line demonstration has given a good impact over the farming community of the district about 428 Kg/ha. The farmers of the district have been motivated by the improved agriculture technologies applied in the FLD these findings are in corroboration with the finding of many others.