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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 2
First page : (212) Last page : (218)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8031

Scaling-up of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Productivity and Profitability through Cluster Front Line Demonstrations and Pulse Seed Hub in Kota district of Rajasthan

K. M. Sharma^1* , Mahendra Singh², M. C. Goyal³ and Anil Kumar Sharma⁴
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Borkhera, Kota (Rajasthan)-324001 India
¹Asstt. Professor (Agronomy), ²Senior Scientist & Head,
³Professor (Extension Education), ⁴Senior Research Fallow
*Corresponding Author E-mail: kmsharma.kvk@gmail.com
Received: 5.03.2020  |  Revised: 8.04.2020   |  Accepted: 14.04.2020 

 ABSTRACT

Chickpea is a major rabi pulse crop in Kota district of Rajasthan. To exploit the existing production potential and popularize improved variety GNG-1958 and technologies, cluster frontline demonstrations were conducted on chickpea crop by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kota during rabi 2016-17 to 2018-19 on farmer fields. Technological interventions demonstrated consisted of improved variety GNG-1958, seed treatment with carbendazim50 WP @ 2.0 g /kg seed & inoculation of Rhizobium & PSB culture, soil treatment by Trichoderma viride @2.5-3.0 kg ha-1, sowing in 30 cm rows apart, recommended doses of NP (20-40 kg ha-1) and zinc sulphate @ 25 kg ha-1 and need based integrated pest management. Analysis of three years data reveled that demonstrated technologies recorded mean yield of 2070 kg ha-1 which represents 20.77 per cent yield enhancement over local check (1714 kg ha-1). Economic analysis confirmed the cost-effectiveness of the demonstrated techniques on farmer fields. Mean additional cost of improved technologies worked out to be Rs.1660 ha-1 which in turn, provided average addition returns of Rs. 16110 ha-1. CFLD techniques on pooled basis, fetched net returns of Rs. 70110 ha-1 with B:C ratio of 3.37, higher in comparison to local practice (Rs. 54000 ha-1, B:C ratio 2.93). Yield gap analysis indicated average extension gap of 356 kg ha-1 which emphasizes the need for bridging existing extension gap through transferring the improved technologies. Values of technology gap ranged from 463 to 774 kg ha-1, with a mean of 610 kg ha-1 while technology index in the present study varied between 17.28 to 28.88 per cent. Quality seed production of chickpea variety GNG-1958 was taken by KVK Kota under Pulse Seed Hub and provided to large number of farmers which strengthen chickpea production in the Kota district.

Key words: Chickpea, B:C ratio, Frontline demonstration, Technology index, Yield gap

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Cite this article: Sharma, K.M., Singh, M., Goyal, M.C., & Sharma, A.K. (2020). Scaling-up of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)Productivity and Profitability through Cluster Front Line Demonstrations and Pulse Seed Hub in Kota district of Rajasthan, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(2), 212-218. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8031