Impact of New Production Technologies of Wheat at Farmers’ Fields of Madhya Pradesh

Productivity of wheat depends upon several factors, among them unavailability of quality inputs, incidence of pest and diseases, improper plant nutrition and water management practices are major factors. Lack of knowledge about scientific crop management practices is also a major constraint related to the adoption of these technologies. Frontline demonstration is an effective tool to make aware the farmers about the more productive and remunerative production technologies. KVKs under Zone VII conducted frontline demonstrations to 2632 farmers of Madhya Pradesh in 913.4 ha during 2007–08 to 2010–11. These frontline demonstrations were conducted on recommended technologies under various aspects viz. integrated crop management, varietal evaluation, integrated nutrient management, integrated pest management, integrated disease management, weed management, water management etc. The results of these frontline demonstrations showed a considerable increase in production under these aspects by 7.76 per cent to 32.93 per cent. Besides the higher production, higher net return and benefit cost ratio was also found to be associated with the recommended technologies.