Front Line Demonstration-An Effective Tool for Increasing the Productivity of Summer Moong in Amritsar District of Punjab

The productivity of pulse crops continues to be quite low due to technological gaps in adoption of pulse technologies and other factors also. The yield of pulses could be increased by demonstrating their cultivation technologies at the farmer's fields under the supervision of scientists working in the operational area. The present study was conducted across 19 villages in Amritsar district of Punjab. Sixty front line demonstrations were conducted by KVK Amritsar from the year 2006 to 2010 during the Kharif seasons. The results of the study revealed that the average yield of summer moong in FLD plots sown after potato crop was highest (12.37q/ha) followed by summer moong sown after pea crop (11.61 q/ha). The least yield of 9.14 q/ha was obtained in the summer moong sown after wheat crop. Similarly the average yield of summer moong in farmer practice sown after potato crop was highest (10.81q/ha) followed by summer moong sown after pea crop (10.27 q/ha). The least yield of 7.93 q/ha was obtained in the summer moong sown after wheat crop. The increment in yield of moong crop after different crops is due to different sowing time and different fertility status of soil under these crops. The higher yields in front line demonstrations were due to dissemination of improved and latest technology viz., HYV, recommended seed rate, fertilization and plant protection measures.