Increasing farm level economy by cultivating summer green gram

The concerned ICAR institutes in consultation with SAUs and other stakeholders develop a comprehensive plan for organizing the demonstrations in cluster mode. The various aspects such as crop diversification, crop intensification and cropping pattern can enhance the income of the farmers. Under crop intensification, the cluster frontline demonstrations on summer green gram were conducted at farmers fields in Kaithal district of Haryana to increase the income of the farmers and the productivity during the 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20. The data were recorded under both the frontline demonstrations as well as under farmers’ practice and compared. The average grain yield to the tune of 8.67 q/ha was observed under demonstrations as compared to farmers’ practice (7.0 q/ha). The extension gap, technology gap and technology index were 1.66 q/ha, 0.92 q/ha and 9.56 per cent respectively. The average higher net return of Rs 41,523.67/ha and benefit-cost ratio of 3.75 were observed.