Results of Front Line Demonstrations of Rice in Navsari District of Gujarat

Problem of rice production and their solutions at farming circumstance were studied with the involvement of farmers. In this regard, front line demonstrations on rice were conducted at different locations in Navsari district. These demonstrations focused on increased productivity and replacement of old variety with promising high yielding new variety NAUR-1 and get the feedback from farmers on the performance of rice variety. Study, revealed that over the years, NAUR-1 variety was superior over local check. The net returns (Rs. 42433/ha) and B:C ratio (1:2.42), extension gap (1.15 t/ha) and technology index (78.33 %) were also highest in NAUR-1 as compared to local variety.