Popularization of improved production technologies in mango through farmer field school approach

Mango repeatedly acclaimed as the king of fruits, is the most important commercially grown fruit of India due to its wide range of adoptability, high nutritive value and excellent flavour. However its productivity had shown declining trend over the years which need to be addressed. Hence, the farmer field school (FFS) was conducted for twenty five mango growing farmers. Significant increase in knowledge gain was observed among farmers after completion of FFS. Further it enhanced the adoption per cent of production practices in mango which ranged from 36 to 100 per cent. Cent per cent of farmers adopted technologies like mulching, fruit harvesting using tools and artificial ripening of fruits using ethylene gas. Small per centage (36 %) of farmers adopted the technologies related to spongy tissue management, post-harvest treatment with hot water, increasing shelf life of the fruits with plant wax, processing and values addition. A change in level of adoption was also recorded for eco-friendly management of fruit flies.