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Improved Production, Economics and Adoption of Integrated Crop Management Practices in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) as influenced by Cluster Front Line Demonstrations in Northern Telangana Agroclimatic Zone, India

admin February 9, 2024

HTML Full Text PDF XML Abstract Despite being an indigenous oilseed crop with a long history of cultivation in India, sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), is

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Despite being an indigenous oilseed crop with a long history of cultivation in India, sesame (Sesamum indicum L.), is potentially underutilized due to gap in the outreach of technology which ultimately led to less production and productivity gradually over the years. Cluster Front Line Demonstration (CFLD) is a suitable vehicle for disseminating advanced agricultural technology to the farming population through demonstration in a cluster. Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ramagirikhilla, Peddapalli district has held front line Integrated Crop Management demonstrations in sesame during Rabi seasons from 2019-20 to 2021-22 in Northern Telangana agro-climatic region. A total of 129 demonstrations totaling 60 hectares were held on farmers’ fields under National Food Security Mission on Oil seeds programme. The results revealed that the demonstrated technology with an improved variety Swetha Til did better with an average growth of 17.49 % in yield over the farmers practice. The average values over three seasons for extension gap, technology gap and technology index were obtained was 1.22 quintals per hectare, 1.63 quintals per hectare and 16.30 %, respectively. As an overall effect, the demonstrated technology resulted in higher gross return (Rupees 47201 per hectare) and net return (Rupees 27937 per hectare) with a greater B: C ratio (2.47) when compared with farmers practice and the adoption rate of the demonstrated technology by the gap farmers after demonstration is 100%.

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Perception of Farmers on Varietal and Technological Diversification Efforts of KVKs

admin June 20, 2023

Introduction Food scarcity and hunger are escalating in India giving an alarm for food security measures. As per the Global Hunger Index India ranked 107th

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Food scarcity and hunger are escalating in India giving an alarm for food security measures. Government of India started a Mission on Food Security in 2007 through KVKs. Pulses which are most consumed food by both vegetarians and Non-vegetarians has the nutritional capacity more than cereals. These pulses having comparative advantage over other crops in irrigation requirement and cost of cultivation, can be cultivated as intercrop. Hence pulses can be viable food to tackle nutritional scarcity. To promote pulse cultivation Government of India introduced Cluster Front Line Demonstration CFLD-Pulses programme through Krishi Vigyan Kendras ( KVKs). Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Farm science center) is entrusted with task of demonstrating and disseminating latest varieties and technologies to encounter food and nutritional scarcity in the country. KVKs in the selected sample area were conducting CFLD since 2015-16 and it becomes necessary to assess the effectiveness of the KVKs in successfully performing the demonstration and farmers perception on the efforts of KVK scientists. The present study is done to assess the perception of farmers on the effectiveness of KVK in varietal and technological diversification efforts.

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Women Entrepreneurship leading Homestead Technologies at Krishi
Vigyan Kendra, Nizamabad

admin June 16, 2023

Introduction Women’s entrepreneurship directly affects income, employment and capital formation while indirectly benefiting household-level resource allocation. When provided with equal access to inputs, women-owned enterprises

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Women’s entrepreneurship directly affects income, employment, and capital formation while indirectly benefiting household-level resource allocation. Women’s population constitutes half of the total population i.e. 48.5 percent indicating their potential strength in the total human resource in the country. The challenge is that the women in rural areas even today are disadvantaged with lack of emotional, mental, social wellbeing and financial uplift to support themselves and their families. Therefore the present study focused on the challenge of extending helping hand and opportunities to empower them with implementable homestead technologies leading them towards entrepreneurship. The present study was conducted with the objectives 1) to study homestead technologies that were On Farm tested and Front Line Demonstrated in adopted villages of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Nizamabad, and 2) to promote startups with homestead technologies for women entrepreneurship. Nizamabad and Kama Reddy districts were selected purposively as these two districts fall under the operational area of KVK, Nizamabad. A total of 191 beneficiaries comprising 40 adolescent girl students of Seed Technology Poly technique college, Rudrur, 91 malnourished infants whose weights fell under grade 2 & grade 3 in the growth chart, and 60 Farm and Home women from KVK adopted villages were selected for the study. Four homestead technologies were selected to address the identified problems among women leading to entrepreneurship. The results showed that Infant’s health, cognitive, and motor skills were improved with the feeding of a pushti weaning mix. Anemic adolescent girls improved their health and social status through supplementation of raagiladdu (Finger millet) and drumstick leaf powder. Farm women’s drudgery was decreased with a rolling brush stem applicator. Farmer’s health risks were minimized with the use of protective clothing while spraying. Some SHG women started entrepreneurship by marketing Pushti weaning mix, Raagiladdu, drumstick leaf powder, Rolling brushes and Protective clothing and supported the family financially for their livelihood.

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