Analysis of the Extension and Technological Gaps in Rice–Wheat Production System in Chhattisgarh Plain of Madhya Pradesh, India
S. K. Rai *
College of Agriculture, Balaghat 481331, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India.
Atul Shrivastava
College of Agriculture, Balaghat 481331, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India.
Risikesh Thakur
College of Agriculture, Balaghat 481331, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India.
S. Sarvade
Department of Forestry, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur 482 004 (MP), India.
N. K. Bisen
College of Agriculture, Balaghat 481331, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India.
Imran Khan
College of Agriculture, Balaghat 481331, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur (MP), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study was conducted under rice-wheat cropping system in Chhattisgarh Plain of Madhya Pradesh to find out the extension and technological gap in technological interventions under farmers FIRST project at College of Agriculture, Balaghat. The 60 demonstrations on farmers’ fields with a total of 24.0 ha area were selected under the farmer FIRST project. Prevailing farmer’s practices were treated as control for comparison with recommended practices. Results of two years’ data revealed that the rice crop average yield of demonstrated intervention was 41.35 q/ha over control (34.40 q/ha) with an increase of 20.19%, while in case wheat average yield was recorded 30.22 over the control 24.35 q/ha with an increase of 21.11%. The extension gap was observed 6.95 and 6.15 q/ha, while, the technology gap were 8.65 and 13.35 q/ha in rice and wheat, respectively. The technology index was 17.30% and 32.83% in rice and wheat, respectively.
Keywords: Rice, wheat, technology gap, extension gap, technology index, cropping system