KVK, Palem, Nagarkurnool district Telangana state was allotted with the seed hub project entitled with Creation of seed hubs for increasing indigenous production of pulses in India. With the project buy back policy KVK was procured 284 quintals of Greengram (WGG 42), 571 quintals of Redgram (PRG 176), 234 quintals of Blackgram (PU 31) and 2.2 quintals of Horsegram (CHRG 19) from the farmers and INR 13, 49,989 was earned by the 51 farmers as additional income from seed production. Total 1,091 quintals of pulses seed was procured by KVK, Palem, during 2016 to 2020. (4years).Seed production was implemented on farmers’ fields across different villages of Nagarkurnool and Jogulamba Gadwal districts based on farmers experience in pulse seed production through bye back agreement. These quality seeds covered through our intervention nearly 7,690 hectares, contributing 16 to 18 per cent of total cropped area under cultivation of pulses in Nagarkurnool district. The total gross amount realized from pulses seed production programme in the four years (2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20) was INR 1.24 crores. The net profit to KVK, Palem, is INR 41, 92,086. The profit generated out of seed sale has been utilized by Seed-Hub for development of additional facilities/workforce as needed for scaling quality seed production of pulses. It is noteworthy that this programme generated employment opportunities for rural youth, farm workers and farm women as seed production is a skill oriented work. Regular and timely management practices reduce additional expenditure while producing seeds, so that no additional labour and special input costs were incurred. Socio-economic status of the farmers has improved due to generation of additional income through seed production as compared to general cultivation.
In the operational region of KVK, Palem, a total of 175 cluster frontline demos (CFLDs) on pigeon pea were carried out with the Redgram variety PRG-176 from 2019–20 to 2021–2022. Through farmer meetings and group discussions, the crucial inputs in the production technology now in use were identified. The results for pigeon peas showed an overall yield trend of 12.50 to 13.00 q/ha and a yield improvement of 11.11 to 11.84% over the yield from local methods, respectively. Due to significant heterogeneity in the extent of adoption of recommended technology based on the level of risk associated in terms of cost, convenience, ability, and knowledge of the concerned practice, the yield levels were significantly lower under local practices. Pigeon pea had an average extension gap, technology gap, and technology index of 128.30, 125, and 8.93%, respectively. The average gross and net returns of the pigeon pea crop demonstration were, respectively, 72895 and 47045 percent higher than the farmers' practices. Throughout the trial, the average benefit cost ratio was found to be greater in pigeon pea, at 2.8 respectively. The technological gap and index percentage were found to vary as a result of differences in agro-climatic parameters, soil fertility, biotic stressors, socioeconomic status, and management practices. Therefore, it is plainly clear from the data that the frontline demonstration program's use of superior varieties, packaging, and processes together with scientific intervention has contributed to raising the productivity and profitability of pulses in the global economy.
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