Vol. 12, Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
Hemanth DB, MY Teggi and GN Kulkarni

Abstract:
The present study in North Karnataka focused on Gadag and Dharwad districts based on the highest area under green gram cultivation. Total sample size of 128 farmers cultivating different varieties of green gram were sampled. Three principal varieties of green gram were cultivated in the study area. They were DGGV-2, BGS-9 and NVL^-1. When comparing the net returns generated by different varieties, the net returns from the cultivation of DGGV-2 was Rs.42,872 per ha, which is substantially high compared to that of BGS-9 and NVL^-1 existing green gram varieties (Rs. 24,252/ha and Rs.34,988/ha, respectively), along with these returns per rupee of investment was also higher in case of DGGV-2 (1.80), when compared to NVL-1 (1.63) and BGS-9 (1.43), respectively. Hence, there is a need to popularize the good varietal traits of the DGGV-2 released by the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad through frontline demonstrations by the State Department of Agriculture.