Front Line Demonstrations – An Effective of Upscaling Improved Varieties of Onion Variety Agrifound Dark Red in Mahaboobnagar District of Telangana, India
K. Saritha *
District Agricultural Advisory and Transfer of Technology Centre, Sangupet, Sangareddy (Dist), PJTSAU, India.
P. Spandana Bhatt
Institute of Rice Research, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India.
D. Sireesha
Extension Education Institute, PJTSAU, Hyderabad, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Onion (Allium cepa L.) is one of the important commercial vegetable crops grown in India. One of the main limitations in onion production is cultivar strength. After evaluating the Agrifound dark red onion cultivar, its production and productivity is more than the native onion grown, Between 2012 and 2014, various locations in Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana. The Front-Line demonstration (FLD) of Agri found dark red variety was carried out, Demonstrations focused on maximum productivity per unit area and farmer feedback on cultivar performance. It was observed that the improved onion variety Agrifound dark red recorded a higher yield by 20.3% (2170 kg/ha) over the local check (1800 kg/ha). Further, the technology gap (average 32.3q/ha), technology index (12.9%) and extension gap (37) were also considerably higher in Agrifound Dark red. It is concluded that a wide gap existed in potential and demonstration yield in high yielding Agrifound Dark red variety due to technology and extension gap in Mahaboobnagar district of Telangana. FLD has proven to be the best vehicle for introducing new onion varieties, increasing production to increase yield and income, and generating income for local onion growers.
Keywords: Onion, yield, FLD, incremental gap, acceptance index
How to Cite
Downloads
References
Pandey UB. Seed production of onion and garlic constraints and strategies. National Symposium on Onion and Garlic, Production and Post; 2000.
Lawande KE. Onion improvement- present status and future thrust. National Symposium on current trends in onion, garlic and seed spices- production, marketing and utilization, held from November. Vol. 25 to 27, 2005 at NRCOG. Pune: Rajagurunagar; 2005. p. 45-50.
Eswaraprasad Y, Manohar Rao M, Vijayabhindana B. Analysis of on-farm and level of technology on oilseed and pulse crop in Northern Telangana Zone of Andhra Pradesh. Indian J Agric Econ. 1993;48:351-6.
Samui SK, Maitra S, Roy DK, Mondal AK, Saha D. Evaluation of front line demonstration on groundut (Arachis hypogeal L.). J Indian Soc Coa Agric Res. 2000;18:180-3.
Heremath SM, Nagaraj MV, Shashidhar KK. Impact of front line demonstrations on onion productivity in farmer’s field. National seminar on appropriate extension strategies for management of rural resources, held at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during 18; 2007. p. 100.
Hiremath SM, Nagaraja MV. Yield gap analysis in onion under Front line Demonstration in Hawai’i District. Volume. 2014;3(10, October)
ISSN No. 2277 – 8179.
Savita R, Vijay J, Verma SK. Impact of Front Line Demonstration on Okra (Abelmoschus esculeatus L). Volume. Krishivigyan. 2016;5(1):74-6.
Rajput S, Rajput AS, Jain V, Verma SK. Analysis of yield gap in onion under front line demonstration at Janjgir-Champa district of Chhattisgarh, India. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci. 2018;7:4104-8.