Front Line Demonstration:An Effective Technology for Increasing Productivity of Chickpea In Ratlam District

The productivity of pulse crops continues to be quite low due to technological gap in adoption pulses of technology. The yield of pulses can be increased by demonstrating their cultivation technologies at farmers field under the supervision of scientist working in operational area. Keeping the above fact front line demonstration were under taken by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra Jaora, District Ratlam (M.P.). The improved package of practices of chickpea in the district for five consecutive years wise 2002-03 to 2006-07. The highest seed yield (1725 kg/ha) was recorded in year 2004-05 and it was 43.75 per cent more over the farmers practice (1200 kg/ha). However, the lowest yield (1313 kg/ha) was recorded in FLD in the year 2002- 03 and 880 kg/ha in farmers practice. The variation in the per cent increase in yield was found due to variation in agro-climatic parameters under rainfed condition. The demonstrated farmers act also as source of information and pure seeds for wider dissemination of the HYV of chickpea for other farmers.