On Farm Trail ( OFT )

OFT-01 Enhancement of chickpea yield through Wider row to row spacing
Season & Year Rabi-2018-19
Problem Yield loss in chickpea due to lower row to row spacing
Thematic area Crop geometry
Name of Technology Wider row spacing and improved package and practice
Source of Technology IGKV, Raipur
Treatments (T1) Farmers practice Row to row spacing 22.5 cm
Treatment (2) Recommended practice Row to row spacing 45 cm with full package of practices
No. Of Trails 04
Performance indicator/parameter No. of pod per plant, yield q/ha, B:C ratio
Name of SMS responsibleDr. Pragya Pandey , SMS (Agronomy)
OFT-02 Seed treatment of Wheat with Azotobactor
Season & Year Rabi-2018-19
Problem Unawareness of use of nitrogen fixing bacterial culture in wheat crop
Thematic area Seed treatment
Name of Technology Wheat seed treatment with nitrogen fixing bacteria
Source of Technology IGKV, Raipur
Treatments (T1) Farmers practice Seed treatment with fungicide only
Treatment (2) Recommended practice Seed treatment with fungicide + Azotobactor
No. Of Trails 04
Performance indicator/parameter Number of tillers, Number of spikes/plant, Number of spikelets/spike, Number of filled grains/spike, Number of un-filled grains /spike, yield q/ha
Name of SMS responsibleDr. Pragya Pandey , SMS (Agronomy)
OFT-03 Assessment of animal drawn five row chickpea planter
Season & Year Rabi-2018-19
Problem More seed rate in tractor drawn seed drill and also seed to seed distance is not maintained. Animals are not much used for sowing
Thematic area Utilization of Animal Energy (UAE)
Name of Technology Performance evaluation of animal drawn 5 –row chickpea planter
Source of Technology IGKV, Raipur
Farmer’s Practice Sowing by tractor drawn seed drill
Recommended Practice Sowing by animal drawn planter
No. Of Trails 03
Parameters to be recorded Field efficiency, cost analysis and Yield q/acre
Name of SMS responsibleEr. Jitendra Kumar Joshi ,SMS (Farm Machinery and Power Engineering)
OFT-04 Assessment of effect of sulphur on yield of linseed crop
Season & Year Rabi-2018-19
Problem Yield reduction in linseed due to lack of sulphur application
Thematic area Nutrient Management
Name of Technology Sulphur application increases the yield and oil content in oilseed crop
Source of Technology IGKV, Raipur
Farmer’s Practice Without application of sulphur
Recommended Practice Application of Bentonite sulphur @ 10 kg/acre
No. Of Trails 01
Parameters to be recorded Yield q/acre
Name of SMS responsibleDr. Vedhika Sahu ,SMS (Soil Science & Agri. Chemistry)
OFT-05 Effect of RDF along with Boron application in Cauliflower
Season & Year Rabi-2018-19
Problem The crop suffers from Boron deficiency ( Brown heart and browning )
Thematic area Integrated Nutrient Management (INM)
Name of Technology RDF along with Boron application in Cauliflower
Source of Technology IGKV, Raipur
Treatments (T1) Farmers practiceT1:NPK @ 50:30:15 kg/ha without boron application
Treatment (T2) Recommended practice T2: NPK @ 50:30:15 kg/ha along with Borax @ 15 Kg/ha as soil application
No. Of Trails 04
Performance indicator/parameter Curd weight/plant (gm), Browning %, yield (q/ha), B:C ratio
Name of SMS responsibleDr . Chetna Banjare, SMS (Horticulture)
OFT-06 Assessment of knowledge and adoption of Soil Health Card (SHC) based fertilizer application
Season & Year 2018-19
Thematic area Awareness
Farmers’ Practice Farmers are not using fertilizer as per SHC recommendation
Assess Recommended Practice ** To study the awareness, knowledge, adoption of farmers towards soil health card

** To study the constraint perceived by the farmers in adoption of soil health card recommendation
No. Of Trails 50 each block (200)
Performance indicator/parameter Farmer name, village name, block name, no of farmers understand and adopted SHC recommendation. No. of farmers keep as record only


OFT-01 Varietal Assessment Of Onion- Bhima Dark Red, Agrifound Dark Red
Season & Year Kharif :2017-18
Problem diagnose Low Yield of existing variety
Thematic area ICM
Name of Technology Varietal Assessment
Source of technology (Year) IGKVV, Raipur
Farmers Practices Use of Local Variety
Details of technology selected for assessment T2: Improved Variety- Bhima Dark Red T3: Improved Agrifound Dark Red
Performance indicator/parameter No. of leaf per plant Bulb Weight Per Plant (gm) Yield (q/ha), B:C Ratio
Number of trials Kharif :2017-18
OFT-02 Assessment of High Yielding Variety of Brinjal- Chhattisgarh Safed Baigan-1
Season & Year Kharif :2017-18
Problem diagnose Unavailability of quality Seeds
Thematic area ICM
Name of Technology Varietal Assessment
Source of technology (Year) IGKVV, Raipur
Farmers Practices Use of un identified Variety
Details of technology selected for assessment T2 : Improved Variety- Chhattisgarh Safed Baigan-1
Performance indicator/parameter No. of Fruit/plant, Yield q/ha, and B:C ratio
Number of trials 05
OFT-03 Varietal Assessment of Rabi Onion Cultivation + Plant spacing + Improved Package of practices
Season & Year Rabi :2017-18
Problem diagnose Low yield of existing variety, improper plant spacing & Poor management practices
Thematic area ICM
Name of Technology Improved variety, Proper spacing, Improved Package of practices
Source of technology (Year) IGKVV, Raipur
Farmers Practices Farmer’s Practices
Details of technology selected for assessment T2 :Improved Variety (Bhima Shakti) + Spacing- 15x10CM + Improved package of practicesT3 :Improved Variety (Nasik Red) + Spacing- 15x10CM + Improved package of practices
Performance indicator/parameter Bulb Weight/plant (g), Yield q/ha, and B:C ratio
Number of trials 05
OFT-04 Assessment of Chemical treatment against blight disease of Tomato
Season & Year Rabi :2017-18
Problem diagnose Low yield obtained by farmers due to early & Late blight
Thematic area Application of Chemical Fungicides
Name of Technology Improved variety, Proper spacing, Improved Package of practices
Source of technology (Year) IGKVV, Raipur
Farmers Practices No us of Chemical Fungicides
Details of technology selected for assessment T2 : use of Seed treatment Dithem-45 @ 2gm/ kg. of Seed + Nursery treatment @ -10 gm /100 m2 in nursery bed T3: Seed treatment Dithem-45@ 2gm /kg of Seed & Nursery treatment @ 10 gm/100 m2 in nursery bed, Foliar Application @ 25-30gm/sprayer
Performance indicator/parameter No. of fruits/plant, Diseases losses % Yield q/ha, and B:C ratio
Number of trials 05