Performance of Front Line Demonstration of Musard (Brassica juncia) in Rural Delhi

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Delhi had conducted Front Line Demonstration (FLD) at farmers’ field in the villages of South-West district of Delhi during 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12. Fifty farmers were selected randomly from the villages in each year. The study was conducted to observe the performance of the Mustard variety Pusa Vijay (NPJ-93) against the existing local variety ‘Jadia’. During 1^st year (2009–10) the variety performed very well with an average yields of 22.58 which was 29.02% higher than the local check variety (17.5 q/ha). On the basis of 1^st year result the demonstration was continued during 2010–11 and 2011–12. The three year average data reveals that grain yield of Pusa Vijay variety increased by 5.08 q/ha (2009–10), 3.00 q/ha (2010–11) and 2.75 q/ha (2011–12) over the yield obtained under farmers’ practice. The results revealed that increase in yield ranged between 15.94% (2011–12) and 29.02% (2009–10) and farmers got between Rs. 6775 and Rs. 9187 additional return from demonstration fields over farmers’ practice. This increase was with an extra expenditure of approximately Rs. 1100 per ha which is very less and even small and marginal farmers could also afford. An extension gap ranging from 275–508 kg per hectare was found between FLD demonstration and farmers practices during the different time line