2024, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Part H

Mustard is one of the principal oilseed crops grown in the Balaghat area of Madhya Pradesh. The district of Balaghat has an area, production, and productivity of 3337 ha, 2166 metric tons, and 649 kg/hectares of mustard, while Madhya Pradesh has 749473ha, 1307930 metric tons, and 1745 kg/ha. This illustrates how productivity can rise by implementing superior technologies for producing mustard. Modern technology needs a lot of work to be widely adopted. The main cause of farmers' comparatively tardy adoption of new methods is their low socioeconomic standing. In order to investigate the impacts of CFLD, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Balaghat, held Cluster Front Line Demonstrations at four different villages in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh during the rabi seasons of 2021–22 and 2022–23.

The technology index was 58.25% on average, the technological gap was 11.65 q/ha on average, and the average extension gap was 2.2 q/ha between 2021 and 2023. It was observed that suggested practices (CFLDs) had benefit cost ratios (B:C) of 2.2 and 2.3, in contrast to farmer practices for the preceding two years, which had B:C of 1.7 and 1.9. The experiment's application of improved mustard technology resulted in a yield increase above local levels. The demonstration's results indicate that higher yield can be achieved by using better techniques, like improved varieties, seed treatment, line planting, balanced fertilizer dosing, and insect-pest management.