Front Line Demonstration (FLD)

Front Line Demonstration (FLD) is a tool of the KVK’s, which aims at demonstrating the production potentialities of newly released or pre-released production technologies of cereals, pulses, oilseed or any other important crops or any other production oriented technologies on the farmers field. These are called front line demonstration because the technologies are demonstrated for the first time before being fed into the main extension system.

FLD DURING THE YEAR 2008-09

Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Assam Agricultural University
Karimganj

 

 

Sl. No

 

 

Subject

 

 

Location

 

 

Total area (ha)

Av. Yield (q/ha)

Demons-tration

Traditional practices

Yield Increase (%)

1

FLD on Boro rice    var. : Kanaklata          

2

1.00

Flash Flood at maturity

completely sunk the crop

 

2

FLD on Toria var. T-46

12

1.00

7.01

4.98

40.76

3

FLD on Rajmah var. Utkarsh

17

1.00

13.58

11.24

20.82

4

FLD on Boro rice var. IR—68 under FPARP project

1

1.00

34.50

24.00

43.75