Enhancement in Production of Sunflower in North India through Conductance of Cluster Front line Demonstrations

The domestic requirement of the oilseed had been manifold as of a modern living standard which has been fulfilled through the imports that leads to imbalance the Indian economy. To fulfill the domestic demand and to boost the production and productivity, front line demonstrations (FLDs) on sunflower were conducted at farmer's field in 2 KVKs of Punjab and 1 KVK of Haryana during spring season 2015–2016. In KVKs at Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Yamunanagar, 20, 20 and 10 FLDs were conducted on an area of 8.00, 8.00 and 4.00 ha respectively. The technologies i.e. improved variety; IPM, seed treatment and head rot management were followed to demonstrate the FLDs. Thus, 9.82 and 15.53 per cent higher yield was recorded over the local check in Punjab and Haryana. From demonstrations it was concluded that the vegetable oil production could be boosted by encouraging the farmers through recommended technologies which were followed in the FLDs.