Yield Gap Analysis of Cowpea Varietal Demonstrations in Eastern Region of Uttar Pradesh, India

Author: Rajneesh Srivastava, Kamlesh Meena, Neeraj Singh and T.K. Behera

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Abstract

Cowpea is one of the most significant legume vegetable crops, thriving in dry environments and growing well in soils containing up to 85 percent sand particles. As a result, it is a key crop in semi-arid and arid locations where few other crops can grow. It is a short-season and very profitable crop for vegetable growers; nevertheless, in the Eastern Region of Uttar Pradesh, the main issues restricting production and productivity of this crop are the use of traditional cultivars with poor management techniques. ICAR-IIVR-KVK, Deoria held 23 front line demonstrations (FLDs) on 2.09 ha of farmer land in several adopted villages. High yielding varieties, watering, sowing dates, sowing methodologies, seed treatment, plant geometry, fertilizer dose, intercultural operations, and plant protection methods are among the agricultural approaches now being front-line demonstrated. Over farmers' practices, the average green pod production grew by 14.72%. Due to the front-line demonstration of cowpea over farmers' practices during both of the demonstration's years, the net return increased to 27.19%. Over a two-year timeframe, technology had a 14.47% greater benefit-cost ratio than farmer approaches. The improved B: C ratio and yield gap figures demonstrate that the method is more useful in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. This appears to be a result of the agricultural community in the eastern plains of Uttar Pradesh not implementing suggested high-yielding cultivars and cutting-edge production techniques.

Keywords

Cowpea, Front line demonstration, Farmers practice, Yield and Benefit-cost ratio

Conclusion

The findings of the frontline demonstration demonstrated that cultivating better varieties, together with improved crop management practices, significantly increased cowpea growers' productivity and profitability. Farmers were satisfied with the performance of both Cowpea types, Kashi Nidhi and Kashi Kanckan, and encouraged other farmers to adopt them on a large scale in their area, paving the way for their horizontal spread.

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How to cite this article

Rajneesh Srivastava, Kamlesh Meena, Neeraj Singh and T.K. Behera (2023). Yield Gap Analysis of Cowpea Varietal Demonstrations in Eastern Region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 15(8a): 58-61.