Economic impact of front line demonstrations on maize crop

Abstract

The study was carried out during Kharif season of 2019 and 2020 in 6 villages across 2 blocks (Bhalla and Bhaderwah) of Doda district. In all 100 frontline demonstrations on maize crop were carried out in an area of 20.0 ha with the active participations of farmers with the objective to demonstrate the latest technology of maize production potential, technological gap, extension gap and other related parameters of improved technologies. Frontline demonstration is one of the important tools for transfer of technology and this programme is being implemented through Krishi Vigyan Kendra’s of country. CFLD’s are organized on improved production technology at farmers field. This process not only helps in demonstrating the ways and means of increasing productivity but helps in obtaining feedback for further refinement of the production technology. The results revealed that CFLD recorded higher yield as compared to farmer’s practices over the two years of study. The experimented technology recorded 61.2 percent higher yield with an average of 31.1 q/ha than that of obtained from farmer’s practices (19.3 q/ha). Other than increase in yield of maize, technological gap was recorded as 13.9 q/ha, extension gap as 11.8 q/ha and technology index was recorded as 30.8 percent.