Enhancing Lentil Productivity in the North-West Alluvial Plain Zone through Cluster Front Line Demonstration (CFLD)

Author: Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Tarun Kumar, S.K. Gupta, S.S. Solankey, S.K. Singh, S.S. Prasad and Sunita Kumari

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Abstract

Lentil is predominantly a rainfed Rabi crop that grows in a constrained environment. Enhancing lentil productivity through the implementation of suitable location specific technologies with timely and careful management. It is the second most important winter legume crop in India. It can be easily grown under residual soil moisture conditions without further irrigation in large fallow areas in India just after the Kharif rice harvest (previous crop). But lentil production is low in the North-West Alluvial Plain Zone (NWAPZ) because of the availability of quality seed and lack of knowledge of advanced technology to produce crops. The results clearly revealed that the average yield of lentil under cluster front line demonstrations was registered of 1424 kg ha-1 as compared to 1000 kg ha-1 recorded in farmers’ practice; average yield increase of 37.28 percent over the farmers’ practices. Average net returns of Rs. 33,772.00 ha-1 relative to farmers' practices (Rs.19, 037.00 ha-1) were obtained, and average BCR of 2.35 and 1.84 have been registered in demonstrated plots and farmer’s practices, respectively. It was found that the mean technological gap, extension gap, and technological index were 196 kg ha-1, 425 kg ha-1 and 12%, respectively.

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BCR, Demonstration, Extension, Farmers, Lentil, Productivity, Yield

Conclusion

The cluster front-line demonstration on lentil revealed a 37.28 percent increase in yield over farmers’ practices. Hence, it is not the cost that deters farmers from adopting the most recent technology; ignorance is the main reason. It is moderately appropriate to describe a yield gap and an extension gap. The extension gap also influenced the deviation in crop yield due to the lack of knowledge among farmers, which was found to be 425 kg ha1. The average BCR (2.33) is sufficiently high to encourage farmers to adopt this advanced technology. The CFLD programme was effective in motivating farmers to adopt improved lentil cultivation practices, leading to improved relationships between farming and scientific communities.

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Kamlesh Kumar Singh, Tarun Kumar, S.K. Gupta, S.S. Solankey, S.K. Singh, S.S. Prasad and Sunita Kumari (2023). Enhancing Lentil Productivity in the North-West Alluvial Plain Zone through Cluster Front Line Demonstration (CFLD). Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(7): 32-37.