Impact of front line demonstration on replacement of indigenous cultivar with improved variety of barnyard millet

A study was conducted in villages of Pauri Garhwal district where demonstration on PRJ-1, a variety of barnyard millet, developed by GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Hill Campus, Ranichauri and released in 2003 from SVRC (State Variety Release Committee) for cultivation in the Uttarakhand hills, was done. Exploratory research design was used for the study. In total 100 demonstrations were conducted in three years. Techno effectiveness was found to be very high, the variety was thus accepted by most of the farmers. Hence, it can be concluded that the seed production of improved variety of PRJ 1 of barnyard millet should be produced and popularized in the area for not only the sustainable production but for an economic and nutritional boon in the hill areas. Because, lesser known cereals (millets) are suitable for hilly conditions with minimum eternal inputs in a fragile ecosystem.