2024, Vol. 7, Special Issue 8

author(s)
Praveenakumar R, Papireddy M, Ranjeetha R and Swathi B

abstract
The studies were conducted to analyse the impact of frontline demonstrations in adoption of production technology and economics of tomato at farmer’s field of Chikballapura district, Karnataka state during the year 2022-23 to 2023-24. The main objective of front line demonstrations (FLDs) was to demonstrate newly released crop production and protection technologies and its management practices at the farmer’s field under different agro-climatic regions and farming situations. The results revealed that the total yield gap between potential yield and actual yield of tomato was 41.42 percent, in which 16.59 percent of yield gap was between demonstration plot and actual farmers plot yield and 26.94 percent of technological gap. The maximum number of farmers adopted recommended seedling treatment with biofertilizers (81.23%) followed by training of plants at right stage (79.25%). The adoption percent of important package of practices were found to be more in application of vegetable special (43.01%), training of plants at right stage (42.37%), raising and selection of quality seedling from nursery (41.58%) and timely irrigation (30.58%). Less adoption percent was found for plant protection measures(11.67%), recommended dose of fertilizer application (12.73%) and weed management (22.62%). There was significant difference in tomato yield before and after conduct of frontline demonstrations, the yield of tomato per hectare was increased by 27.10 percent in demonstrated plots that farmers practice plots. Net return and B:C ratio were found to maximum in demonstrated plot as compared to farmers practice. The adoption of different package of practices after FLD programme, shows positive impact of FLD on adoption of demonstrated production technology.