Impact of management practices on field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivation in baksa district of assam

Field pea (Pisum sativum L.) is one of the highly cultivated crops in Assam due to its high profitability. Baksa district is situated at the Lower Brahmaputra valley zone of Assam, having cool and humid climatic condition and the average annual rainfall received is 2097.6 mm. The district has 115735 ha area of cultivated land where 10760 ha area is occupied under rabi pulses. Field Pea is one of the well grown crops in the rice fellow areas of the entire district. However, it is difficult to achieve maximum yields as the most of the farmers are not following scientific cultivation practices. Under such circumstances, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Baksa has introduced a high yielding variety of field pea Aman through demonstration programmes during the year 2019–2020 and 2020-21at different locations in the district. The productivity and economic returns under improved technologies were calculated and compared with the prevailing farmers’ practice. Results revealed that Aman variety under improved practices recorded higher yield of 37.80 and 33.92 per cent during 2019–20 and 2020–21 and the recommended practice gave higher net returns of Rs 26500 and 28300 per ha with B:C ratio of 1.81:1and 1.82:1, respectively as compared to farmers’ practice.