Evaluating Yield Gap of Field Pea in Senapati District, Manipur, India

Abstract

Cluster frontline demonstration on field pea was conducted by Krishi Vigyan Kendra-Senapati district of Manipur from 2015–16 to 2022–23 in fifteen villages. The purpose of the study was to evaluate field pea performance under cluster frontline demonstrations in terms of grain yield, extension gap, technology gap, and field pea economics in the adopted villages during the rabi season. Aman (IPF5-19) and Prakash (IPFD 1-10) varieties were the emphasis of the study, which involved 325 farmers and covered 130 hectares. By implementing enhanced production technology, the cluster frontline demonstration produced an average field pea yield of 1315.62 kg/ha, which was 32.42 percent greater than farmers' practices, which were 993.5 kg/ha. The technology index, technological gap, and extension gap were 35.69 percent, 759.37 percent, and 322.12 percent, respectively. The net return was Rs.36574/ha in demonstration plots whereas it was Rs. 20923/ha in farmer practices. The study found that the grain yield and economic returns were higher in recommended practice than the farmer practice. As a result, field pea cluster front line demonstration was successful in raising field pea productivity and altering farmers' knowledge, attitudes, and abilities.