36.47 21.20 33.84 Table 2: Performance of Chickpea demonstrations in Central Plain Zone 22.65 52.94 Table 4: Performance of Chickpea demonstrations under late sown condition
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888 cultivars with maximum net profit of Rs. 37172 per ha Table 2 and Fig. 3.
attained by the farmers which was 52.94 higher over local check, 202.81 over state and 183.48 higher over national
average Table 3. The net return of Rs. 38401 per ha was realized by the participating farmers which was 71.55 more
as compared to local check Fig. 4.
Under late sown condition, PKG-59 and Pusa-372 varieties were experimented at farmers fields 87 farmers
covering 92.5 acre area. The average yield of 14.63 qha was achieved which was 45.72 superior over local check 10.04
qha, 95.59 over state and 83.1 over national average Fig. 5 and Table 4. Net return of Rs. 31654 per ha was realized
by the farmers.
Table 1: Performance of Chickpea demonstrations in rainfed situation
Yield qha Net Return Rs.ha
Varieties Districts
No. of Farmers Area
acre Demo
Check Increase
Demo. Local
Check Income
KGD-1168 Chitrakoot
39 11.00
12.78 10.00
27.80 26795
21790 22.97
KWR-108 Chitrakoot, Jalaun
24 12.50
14.88 10.60
40.38 33830
22800 48.38
Awarodhi Chitrakoot, Hamirpur,
Jhansi, Sonbhadra, Banda 145
108.00 17.39
12.69 37.04
35650 23560
51.32 DCP-92-3
Chitrakoot, Lalitpur 50
16.40 16.78
11.92 40.77
37844 25960
45.78 Radhey
Jalaun 1
1.13 15.25
12 27.08
33825 24900
35.84 GNG-663
Jhansi 5
6.25 20.2
16.2 24.69
48200 28745
67.68 BG-256
Lalitpur 22
20 17
11.4 49.12
38095 19730
93.08 Pusa-362
Sonbhadra, Mirzapur 76
21.00 20.09
15.72 27.80
47666 35234
35.28
TotalWt. Mean 362
196.28 17.25