Enhancing Soybean Yield through Improved Production Technology under Frontline Demonstration in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Soybean oil is the most important edible oil used in India. It also enriched the soil through biological nitrogen fixation. After palm oil, soybean oil in its crude form is the most traded in international market. Soybean contains about 20 per cent oil and 40 per cent high quality protein. India is the fifth largest producer of soybean in the world today. Production of soybean in India at present time is restricted mainly to Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra with sharing of 89 per cent. In India soybean area is 13.05 mha, production 15.68 mt and productivity1.08 ton/ha. Area, production & productivity of MP is 62.605 lakh ha, 59.475 lakh mt and 0.95 ton/ha and 38.704 mha, 48.565 lakh mt & 1.25 ton/ha of Maharashtra state respectively. Therefore, the present study was conducted to assess the impact of Front Line Demonstration (FLD) conducted by KVK Pal, Jalgaon of Maharashtra and KVK Burhanpur, of Madhya Pradesh. The data were collected from 101 from KVK, Jalgaon (MS) and 48 from KVK Burhanpur (MP) total number of sample 149 during 2010–11 to 2014–15 and analysed using simple tabular analysis. The results of study showed that the yield under demonstration was 19.95 qt/ha with 29.61 per cent higher as compare to farmers practice. The net returns and B:C ratio of demonstration plots was Rs. 35454 and Rs. 51345 and 3.25 and 3.79. The technological intervention is expected to increase the production. Study suggest for strengthening linkages with the line department and converging the demonstration with Govt. Schemes for large scale adoption on farmers’ field.