Impact Assessment of Technological Interventions for Reducing Yield Gaps in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Under Temperate Hill Ecology

Rice cultivation extends from the planes having altitude 1600 m above the mean sea level to high altitude hills 2300 m above msl in the temperate Kashmir valley. Productivity of Rice crop is very low compared to the potential yield. To narrow down the yield gaps and achieve maximum yields, demonstrations on improved rice technologies among rice growing farmers of mid belts were conducted by the KVK Kulgam from year 2013 to 2017. The results demonstrations revealed a significant improvement in yield in demonstrations over farmers practice. The yield superiority ranged from 9.2% to 15.8%. A yield advantage of 11.9% over farmers’ practice was recorded in demonstrations. An extension gap of 6.32 q/ha hectare was recorded. Net returns of □96843/= were recorded in demonstrations against □ 87315/= from the farmers practice. Incremental Benefit Cost Ratio (IBCR) of demonstrations was 2.1.