Impact of cluster frontline demonstrations on farmers knowledge level regarding mustard production technology

Abstract

Frontline demonstration is an approach that demonstrates the worth of recently released crop production technology and its management practices to the farmers at their field and convincing them about their potentialities for further adoption. The present study was conducted to assess the impact of cluster frontline demonstrations (CFLD) on farmers’ knowledge about mustard production technology. The study was carried out in 2020-21 in Haryana. Four clusters were purposively selected from two districts having maximum area under mustard cultivation. 60 each beneficiary and non-beneficiaries of CFLD were selected for the study making the total sample size of 120. The study revealed that CFLD beneficiaries had more knowledge level in comparison to non-beneficiaries about varieties, agronomic practices, irrigation and fertilizer management and plant protection measures of mustard crop. The overall knowledge of CFLD beneficiaries and non- beneficiaries about mustard production technology was to the extent of 74.36 and 62.73 percent, respectively. The ‘t’ value of 3.89 was significant which shows that both the groups differ significantly with regard to their knowledge about mustard production technology.