Influence of technological interventions on yield attributes, yield of field pea and its diffusion in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh

To realize the impact of field pea improved cultivar, integrated weed, nutrient and pest management techniques, Integrated Crop Management demonstrations were conducted in participatory mode in rabi season during four consecutive years from 2018-19 to 2021-22 at 100 farmers’ fields located in fourteen randomly selected villages under five blocks of the district. Four years pooled data revealed that pods/plant under demonstration were 25.71 per cent more to that of farmer’s practice. Grains/pod, pod length and test weight (1000 grain) were noted to be 8.7, 6.45 cm and 229.85g respectively in ICM demonstrations which were 30.83, 9.69 and 10.29 per cent higher over farmer’s existing practice respectively. Average field pea yield under demonstrated plots was found to be 1956 kg/ha which was 28.43 per cent higher to that of farmers existing practice (1523 kg/ha). Four years economics of the technology demonstrations resulted Rs.21150/ha additional net return over the traditional farmers’ practice. The adoption of ICM components of field pea, the revenue increased to a great extent and recorded 272.15 crores in 2021-22 with the additional revenue of Rs.137.38 crores in the district in comparison to that of 134.77 crores before technology dissemination in 2017-18.