Knowledge empowerment of green gram growers through frontline demonstrations

Frontline demonstration is one of the most powerful tools for transfer of technology among farming community. The KVK Ajmer has carried out FLDs on green gram covering an area of 60 ha area at 150 farmers’ field from kharif 2010–2013 to exhibit latest production technologies.The results revealed that under demonstration plot the yield of green gram was found to be remarkably higher than that under farmers’ practice during all the years (2010–2014). The yield of green gram in FLD fields was ranging from 6.59 to 13.86 quintals per ha while it was 5.06 to 9.84 quintals per ha in non FLD fields during the study period. An attempt was also made to know the knowledge level of farmers about improved technology of green gram by 50 FLD and 50 non-FLD farmers.FLD farmers and non-FLD farmers were randomly selected from FLD villages. It was found that majority of FLD farmers (88 percent) had medium to high knowledge level whereas only 50 percent non FLD farmers have medium to high knowledge level about improved technologies of green gram. The study also highlighted that there was a significant difference in knowledge level about different aspects of improved technologies of green gram cultivation between FLD and non-FLD farmers.