Integrated Crop Management Practices Enhances Rice Productivity in Coastal Karnataka

Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) in rice were conducted to demonstrate its production potential and
economic benefit of adoption crop management practices over existing traditional practice. During
kharif season of 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 in the field of 30 farmers in Dakshina Kannada district
of Coastal Karnataka. Each FLD was laid out in an area of 0.4 ha with farmers practice as check. The
technology comprised of seed treatment, INM and IPDM. The results indicated that adoption of
integrated crop management practices in rice recorded an yield of 42.8 q/ha compared farmers
practice (35.6) an increase by 19.8% over a period of three years. The average technology gap and
technology index was found to be 7.5 and 14.3 respectively in demonstration plots. There were
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