RAJENDRA NAGAR, BALBIR SINGH, DAYANAND AND RASHID KHAN
*Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Abusar (SKRAU, Bikaner) Jhunjhunu-333 001 (Rajasthan), India
**Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chandgothi (SKRAU, Bikaner) Churu-331 305 (Rajasthan), India
*(e-mail: rajendranagar86@gmail.com)
(Received: 1 March 2026; Accepted: 30 March 2026)
SUMMARY
Present investigation was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chandgothi (Churu), Rajasthan at farmer’s field in Dingli, Basmamraj and Kailash to analyze the effect of improved practices on productivity, economics, extent of farmers’ satisfaction, yield gap and constraints faced by the farmers’ with the cultivation of wheat. in growing barley. In this study, the selected 150 respondents selected were the beneficiary farmers conducted front line demonstrated (FLD) at their fields during 2018-19 to 2019-20. The plot size was 0.4ha for both the demonstration and farmers’ practice. Before conducting FLD, the respondents were made aware of the latest recommended package of practices for wheat. The demonstrated technologies under FLD resulted in an increase of in 23.5% in mean barley yield over farmer’s practice check. Thus, experimental results envisaged technology gap, extension gap, and technology index to the tune of 729 kg/ha, 2383 kg/ha, and 38.02 percent, respectively. The mean additional return of 12599/ha were fetched by demonstration plots. Further, on average, demonstration plots recorded a net return to the tune of 49,174/ha compared to 36,575/ ha with farmer’s practice with incremental B:C ratio of 10.96 over the years. The results also further indicated that 52.10 percent of the respondents expressed their high satisfaction towards the performance of FLD, followed by 33.25 and 14.65% who expressed medium and low satisfaction respectively.
Key words: Wheat, demonstration, economics, grain yields, yield gap