Impact Assessment of Frontline Demonstration on Productivity and Profitability of organic Garden Pea Cultivation under Zero- Tillage

Zero-tillage is an important resource conservation technologies for their cost effectiveness, labour saving, high energy saving and moisture conservations for higher productivity and environmental benefits. Looking the importance of technology, the present study was carried out in six different villages under East District of Sikkkim where frontline demonstrations of garden pea were conducted by ICAR-KVK, East Sikkim. A total of 154 nos. of FLDs were evaluated to find out the yield gaps between garden pea variety Kashi Uday Avira 11 and local cultivar grown by farmers. Yield data of both demonstration and farmer’s practice were recorded and their yield gap, technology gap, extension gap and technology index were analyzed. Results revealed that the yield attributes were higher in demonstration plot than the farmer’s practices. Mean yield of garden pea was 33.49 per cent higher than the farmer’s practice. Technology gap, extension gap and technology index were recorded as 28.68 q/ha, 15.38 q/ha and 31.87 per cent, respectively. Average net return was Rs. 143382.00/ha and Rs. 97646.00/ha with demonstrations and farmer’s practice, respectively. Higher benefit to cost ratio, production efficiency and economic efficiency were recorded in demonstration plots than the farmers’ practice.