Effect of front-line demonstration on yield of brinjal and socio-economic status of the farmers

Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Madurai was conducted the Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs’) in the twenty farmer’s field. Lack of improved varieties and conventional farming leads to lesser yield and economics. To overcome these problems, the FLDs’ was done in the farmers fields of Lekkadipatti village, Kottampatti Block and Nedungulam village, Thruparangundrum Block during 2021-2022 and 2022-23. The farmers realized very good fruit (Brinjal VRM 1) yield (17.325 t/acre) in brinjal and could sell the produce @ Rs 36 per kg in nearby market and got gross income of Rs. 6,23,700/-. He is observed the performance of IIHR Vegetable Special in terms of better fruit size, fruit weight yield and net income. They earned additional income of Rs. 90,036/- from five months crop duration by applying vegetable special foliar spray. Whereas the conventional farming ie. Farmers practice average yield was 14.824 t/acre and got gross income of Rs. 5,33,664/-. The percentage increase over farmers practice is 16.9. IIHR Vegetable Special can give continuous flowering and fruiting. The recommended dosage of foliar application of Arka Vegetable Special @ 75 grams in 15 liters of water (5 grams per litre) along with 1 shampoo sachet and lemons has been practiced for four times in the field. It also helps in retaining more number of flowers, thus increase in the fruit set leading to higher yield Now farmers are using IIHR vegetable special regularly for all the vegetable crops as he has noticed enhancement effect on yield and fruit quality particularly in brinjal. The farmers were experienced the effectiveness of the technologies in the field and got sustainable yield and income.