Impact of CFLD’s on Productivity and Profitability of Blackgram in Farmers, Fields of West Godavari District, India

Abstract

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra, UNDI, West Godavari district has conducted 100 Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLD) on blackgram with variety TBG-104 in 40 ha area during seasons kharif and rabi, 2022- 2023. CFLD is the most appropriate method for showcasing the output potential of recently released technology in large scale on farmers’ fields. The results indicated that higher yield i.e., 10.48 q/ha and 14.10 q/ha was realized with TBG-104 variety, which was 18.08 and 10.58% more compared to farmers practice variety PU-31 with 8.87 q/ha and 12.75 q/ha during kharif and rabi, respectively. The net returns of Rs. 30,058, Rs. 51, 890 per ha and B:C ratio of 1.91, 2.14 were also higher with demonstration plot compared to farmers practice plot (Rs. 20,250, Rs. 41,855 per ha and 1.61,1.90) during kharif and rabi, respectively.