Front Line Demonstration on Management of Fruit Rot in Chilli

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) in Bhadradri Kothagudem conducted Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) on management of fruit rot in chilli during 2019-20, 2020-21, and 2021-22. These demonstrations compared the effectiveness of technology-demonstrated (seed treatment and rotation of the fungicides) with traditional farmer practices at plots sized of 0.4 hectares across ten locations for each treatment. The results showed that the technology-demonstrated plots had higher cost-benefit ratios (BC Ratio) of 2.49:1, 2.53:1, and 2.32:1 compared to the BC ratios of 1.96:1, 1.91:1, and 1.90:1 in the farmers' practice plots during the corresponding years. Additionally, farmers practiced plots typically sprayed fungicide mixtures after noticing disease.