Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Sunil A Kulkarni, Shobharani M, Sidramappa and Baswaraj Biradar

Abstract:
Ginger is one of the Important Spice crop of Karnataka grown particularly during kharif, occupying about an area of 32,190 ha with the production and productivity of 2,97,315 Mt and 9.24 t ha^-1 respectively. Bidar district alone contributes 7.5 percent of the total area. The productivity of ginger is low because lack of adoption of available newer technologies by the farmers. The concept of Frontline demonstration has been evolved by Indian Council of Agricultural Research, with the inception of the technology mission on Agriculture Crops. The frontline demonstration was conducted by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bidar on ginger with deployment of improved package of practices at farmers fields successfully for two consecutive years. Results obtained clearly revealed that the variation in the percent increase in the yield was found due to fluctuations in the agroclimatic parameters. Other parameters involves technology gap, extension gap and technology index, were also analysed for the assessment of technology adoption rate, with extension activities and feasibility of demonstrated technologies at ground levels. Moreover the results clearly highlights the indications of positive impact of FLDs over the existing practices enhancing the productivity of ginger in the irrigated regions of Bidar district. Demonstrated technologies were proved most remunerative and economically feasible as against the traditional production systems. The average of two years pooled data from 2015 to 2017 reveals that demonstrated yield 19.5 t ha^-1 and check plot yield 12.5 t ha^-1 during the implementation period. Higher average ginger yield in demonstration plots over the years compare to local check; it’s mainly due to their knowledge and acceptance of full package of practices.