National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Frontline demonstration was taken up in the Vathalmalai tribal area of Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu, India during kharif 2016 to create awareness among the tribal farmers and demonstrate the improved production technologies in Little millet. The Improved Crop Management practices including cultivation of improved drought tolerant and short duration Little millet variety CO 4, integrated management of nutrients, need based pest and disease management practices were demonstrated and compared with the existing farmers practice followed in Little millet cultivation. Results showed that demonstration of Little millet variety CO 4 with Improved Crop Management practices recorded higher grain yield of 1590 kg/ ha and farmers practice recorded lower yield of 1258 kg/ha. Adoption of Improved Crop Management practices increased the grain yield of Little millet to the tune of 23.74 per cent compared to farmers practice. Farmers earned higher net income of Rs.24410 /ha through the demonstration and Rs.17475/ha with farmers practice. Besides, farmers realized higher benefit cost ratio (2.59) through the demonstration compared to farmers practice (1.84). Thus, the frontline demonstration of improved variety with crop management practices increased the grain yield and net income of the farmers growing Little millet under rainfed condition. In this study, potential of the improved variety and technologies were demonstrated systematically and scientifically in the farmers field along with farmers practice for further adoption by farming community in large scale.
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