RAJENDRA NAGAR, RAJVEER AND DAYANAND
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Abusar (SKRAU, Bikaner) Jhunjhunu-333 001 (Rajasthan), India
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chandgothi (SKRAU, Bikaner) Churu-331305 (Rajasthan), India
*(e-mail: rajendranagar86@gmail.com)
(Received: 7 May 2025; Accepted: 10 September 2025)
SUMMARY
The current study was carried out by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chandgothi (Churu), in Rajasthan with the particular goals of analyzing the yield difference, economics, the level of farmer satisfaction, and the challenges experienced by the farmers in cultivating barley. 50 participants were chosen from the beneficiary farmers who participated in the front line demonstration (FLD) at their fields from 2018–19 to 2019–20. For both the farmers’ practise and the demonstration, the plot size was 0.4 hectare. The most recent recommended package of practises for barley was presented to the respondents before FLD. The FLD-demonstrated technology led to a 25.83 percent over-check increase in barley production. According to the experimental findings, there is a technology gap, an extension gap, and a technology index of 215.5 kg/ha, 906 kg/ha, and respectively. The economic performance of barley under FLD fetched an additional return of 12,269/ha. Further, on average, demonstration plots recorded a net return to the tune of 43976, with an Incremental B:C ratio of 18.35 over the years. However, under farmer’s practice the net return fetched was Rs. 31707/ha. Moreover, respondent satisfaction index (RSI) revealed that 50.30 per cent respondent farmers’ expressed high, 33.27 per cent respondent farmers’ expressed medium and only 16.40 per cent respondent farmers’ expressed low level of satisfaction.
Key words: Demonstration, Economics, Grain yields, Yield gap.