Assessment of high yielding variety of bajra

Abstract

In this study, the impact of high yielding short duration pearl-millet hybrid on the income of farmers in the dry zone of district Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh has been assessed. Decomposition of total change in net returns revealed that KVK in UP, Auraiya in UP due to adoption of modern technology yield of Pioneer 86M86 variety increased by 0.211 (t/hectare), Dhanya 7192 as high yielding variety of millet among farmers using To carry out on-farm trials, 0.226 (t/hectare) and Bayar 9450 yield 0. 259 (t/hectare). Increase the yield of Bayar-9450 by 22.74% compared to Pioneer (86M86) practiced by the farmers. Between the two varieties (Bayar-9450 and Pioneer 86M86) A realized net return is Rs 0.15 lakh/hectare compared to farmers' practice of net return of Rs 0.10 lakh/hectare. This shows that there is great potential for increasing farm income through wide dissemination of modern pearl millet technology.