International Journal of Marketing and Technology

  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 9

Economic analysis of performance of cluster front line demonstrations on lentil in Golaghat District of Assam

  • Author:
  • Horindra Gogoi1, Arunima Bharali2, Rekhashree Kalita5, Sangita Mahanta6, Sukriti Hazarika2, R.C. Neog3, F.U.A. Ahmed4, Bhairab Gogoi2, T. Saikia7
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 13 to 21

1Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics & Farm Management, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

2Subject Matter Specialist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Golaghat, (Assam)

3Farm Manager, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Golaghat, (Assam)

4Senior Scientist and Head, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Golaghat, (Assam)

5Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Biswanath College of Agriculture, Biswanath Chariali, (Assam)

6Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13

7Subject Matter Specialist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Sivasagar, (Assam)

Online published on 26 March, 2021.

Abstract

The study on performance of cluster front line demonstrations on lentil was conducted under the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) in Golaghat District, Assam, where the traditional varieties of lentil with low productivity were cultivated by the farmers. A total of 275 nos. of demonstrations in 110 ha of land area were conducted in cluster basis during the period of 2015–16 to 2017–18 by using improved varieties viz., L-9, Moitree and KLS-218. The analysis revealed that average yield of the improved varieties (8.37 q/ha) was found to be higher as compared to the farmers local variety (6.25q/ha) with an incremental increase of 33.96 per cent. The demonstration of improved varieties resulted in higher average net return by 84.25 per cent as against the check variety. The overall B: C ratio was also observed to be higher in demonstrations (2.29) than the farmers’ practice/check variety (1.78).Technology gap, extension gap, technology index and yield gap-II(%) were reported highest in the variety KLS-218 and lowest in the variety L-9.