Front Line Demonstration of Paddy Drum Seeder (8 Row) under Well Irrigated Rice in Nalgonda District, Telangana

Abstract

Front line demonstration was conducted on drum seeding technology the farmers, assessment of drum seeder implement was done with the assistance of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kampasagar, Nalgonda under Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Telangana for consequently three years during Kharif, from 2018-19 to 2020-21. The comparison was made between drum seeding technology and manual transplanting with an objective to reduction of cost of cultivation and subsequently increase farmer’s net returns. Frontline Demonstrations revealed that, there were more number of tillers (395) and panicles (370)/m2 in direct seeded technology with drum seeder compared to farmer’s practice (365 and 346/ m2). Drum seeder technology influence plant height (68.2cm), number of tillers/m2 (395) and yield attributes viz., Number panicles m-2 (370), length of panicle (16.9 cm) and Number of grains / panicle (182). Direct seeded technology with drum seeder has recorded higher grain yield (6,512 kg ha-1) which was 6.4 per cent over farmer’s practice (6,094 kg ha-1) with a net saving of Rs. 8,990/- on the cost of cultivation ha-1. The Gross returns and net returns (Rs.1, 20,795and Rs. 69, 265/ha) by the drum seeder method were more compared to farmer’s practice (Rs.1, 13,036/ha and Rs. 52, 516/ha).