Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Ghana Kanta Sarma, FUA Ahmed, RK Saud, M Neog and PK Pathak

Abstract:
Oilseeds are very important crops. It is the second most important determinant crop next to cereals; but still there is a very big gap in the demand and supply of oilseed crops and so, the production of oilseeds in India is considered to be the great importance. The study was conducted with the objectives to know the extent of vertical and horizontal spread of technologies demonstrated under CFLD on oilseeds (crop: Rapeseed) programmes and to analyze the changes of yield and income of oilseed crops after adoption of interventions demonstrated under the programmes. Total three clusters under rapeseed demonstration were randomly selected and the data were collected from 60 numbers of farmers out of which 30 were beneficiary farmers (demonstrated) and the 30 were non-beneficiary farmers. The results revealed that for both beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers, the area under cultivation (ha) and productivity of the crop (q/ha) was gradually increasing over the years from 2016-1 to 2020-21. The increase in area and productivity of beneficiary farmer were calculated as 239.58 per cent and 9.78 per cent, respectively during 2020-21 over 2016-17 while for non-beneficiary farmers it was 13.91 per cent and 6.83 per cent, respectively. The increase in average net return for beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers was calculated as 95.57 and 113.31 per cent respectivelyduring 2020-21 over 2016-17. The mean technology gap (q/ha) and technology index (%) was calculated as 2.83 and 25.73, respectively.