Title: IMPACT OF FRONTLINE DEMONSTRATION OF ZINC SULPHATE APPLICATION ON PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY OF PADDY IN SIVASAGAR DISTRICT OF ASSAM

Authors: Arundhati Bordoloi, Prodip Handique and Prasanna Kumar Pathak

Publisher: Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: FLD, paddy, extension gap, technology gap

Special Issue: 2022

Published on: November 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2022.si.0025

Abstract: The high yielding variety Ranjit is the most popular rice variety in Sivasagar district as is the case for the entire state of Assam. However, its productivity in Sivasagar district is still quite below its potential, primarily because of non-adoption of the management practices recommended to the farmers. To demonstrate the effect of latest technologies on the productivity, the KVK, Sivasagar carried out altogether 24 Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on the variety with application of Zinc sulphate @ 25kg/ha + NPK @ 60:20:40 kg/ha (recommended dose of fertilizer for paddy in Assam) covering an area of 12 ha of farmers field in five different villages namely Belimukhia, Hulalgaon, Phoolpanichiga, Namti, Bhekurichapori during the year 2018