Effect of Integrated Crop Management Practices on Yield and Economics of Brinjal in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh

The studies were conducted on impact of frontline demonstrations in adoption of production technology and economics of brinjal at farmers’ field of Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh state during the year 2017–18 to 2019–20. Prevailing farmer's practices were treated as control for comparison with demonstrated technology. The main objective was to demonstrate newly released crop production and protection technologies at the farmer's field under different agro-climatic regions and farming situations. The extension gap ranged between 74.94 to 111.21 q/ha, whereas the trend of technology gap ranged between 203.74 to 220.34 q/ha. The benefit cost ratio (B:C) was recorded higher i.e. 2.35 to 2.77 under demonstrated practice, while it was 1.95 to 2.17 under check practice. Besides this, the demonstrated plots gave higher gross return, net return with higher benefit cost ratio when compared to farmer's practice. The results clearly showed the positive impact of front line demonstrations over farmers practice towards increasing the productivity of brinjal in Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh. On an average 34.11 per cent yield increase was observed in demo plots over farmers’ practice. Demonstrated technologies proved more remunerative and economically feasible to the brinjal growers than their conventional methods.