Project Description

Salient features of CFLD Oilseeds:

1. Cluster Frontline Demonstrations are conducted under the close supervision of the scientists of the KVKs of ICAR Institute and State Agricultural Universities.
2. Only newly released technologies or those likely to be released in near future are selected for the Cluster Front-Line Demonstrations.
3. Only critical inputs are provided from the scheme budget, remaining inputs are supplied by the farmers themselves.
4. Cluster Front-Line Demonstrations are used as a source of generating data on factors contributing higher crop yields and constraints of production under various farming situations.

Technological Interventions under CFLD Oilseeds

Seed treatment: Seed treatment refers to the application of fungicide, insecticide, or a combination of both, to seeds so as to disinfect them from seed-borne or soil-borne pathogenic organisms and storage insects. It also refers to the subjecting of seeds to solar energy exposure, immersion in conditioned water, etc.

In CFLD Oilseeds chemicals used for seed treatments are Trichoderma viridi, Bavistin, Propinophex, Carboxin, Thiram etc. For seed inoculation in Groundnut Rhizobium sp and Azotobactor are used.

INM: Integrated Nutrient Management refers to the maintenance of soil fertility and of plant nutrient supply at an optimum level through optimization of the benefits from all possible sources of organic, inorganic and biological components in an integrated manner. INM includes application of N, P, K along with micronutrients like Sulphur, Zinc and bio-fertilizers like PSB, PMB etc.

IPM: Integrated pest management, also known as integrated pest control is a broad-based approach that integrates practices for economic control of pests. IPM aims to suppress pest populations below the economic injury level. Imidachlorprid, Thiomethoxan are used to control pest under CFLD Oilseeds.

IWM:An integrated weed management may be defined as the combination of two or more weed-control methods at low input levels to reduce weed competition in a given cropping system below the economical threshold level.

Line sowing:It is the dropping of seeds into the soil with the help of implement such as mogha, seed drill, seed-cum-ferti driller or mechanical seed drill and then the seeds are covered by wooden plank or harrow to have contact between seed & soil.

Achievements during 2015-16

ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Hyderabad has implemented 1312 cluster Frontline demonstrations on oilseeds in 525 ha area through Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra during rabi 2015-16 and the demonstration yields were higher compared to existing practices.

Achievements during 2016-2017

In 2016-17, 5135 demonstrations were conducted in 2054.5 ha area on groundnut, sesame, sunflower, soybean, safflower and linseed crops during kharif, rabi and summer seasons. During Kharif 2016, a total of 2010 demonstrations were conducted in 804 ha area covering groundnut, soybean, sunflower, and sesame crops. Improved variety of groundnut with integrated crop management practices resulted in highest average yield of 26.5 q/ha in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. Demonstrations on soybean with improved variety and recommended package of practices got higher yield of 25.56 q/ha in Ahmednagar, Pune, and Nashik districts.

A total of 3125 demonstrations were conducted by KVKs of Andhra Pradesh , Telangana and Maharashtra states during rabi and summer, 2016-17 covering an area of 1250.5 ha in groundnut, sesame, sunflower, safflower and linseed crops. The performance of groundnut was highest in Nellore and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh. In Telangana state, improved variety of sesame with recommended package of practices resulted in 22.93% increase in yields compared to existing practice in Karimnagar district. In rabi, 340 demonstrations on sunflower were conducted in five districts of Andhra Pradesh with improved package of practices in an area of 136 ha. Varietal demonstration with integrated crop management practices has given highest average yields of 25.7 q/ha in Prakasam district against the farmers yield of 18.3 q/has. Two KVKs of Telangana demonstrated improved safflower variety with recommended package of practices and recorded an average yield of 12 q/ha with an increase of 29.52% against the check yield. The demonstrations on linseed conducted in four districts of Maharashtra resulted in an average demonstration yield 3.58 q/ha registering an increase of 34.93%.

Achievements during 2017-2018

During 2017-18, 6180 cluster frontline demonstrations were conducted by 48 KVKs of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu states in 2472 ha area in Kharif, Rabi and summer seasons. During Kharif 2017, a total of 1442 demonstrations were organized on groundnut, sesame, sunflower, castor and soybean crops in an area of 576.8 ha. Performance of groundnut was highest in Krishna district with improved technology package which increased the yields by 27.67% and 12.25% compared to local check and district average yields respectively. Improved variety of sesame with recommended package of practices increased the yield by 23.44% with an average demonstration yield of 7.53 q/ha against 6.10 q/ha in local check in Theni district of Tamil Nadu. About 200 demonstrations on castor were conducted by KVKs of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 80 ha area during Kharif season. Average yield obtained in demonstrations was highest (13.08 q/ha) in Kurnool district with castor hybrid along with improved technologies. Performance of high yielding variety of soybean along with recommended package of practices resulted in average yield of 20.01 q/ha against local check yield of 17.13 q/ha with 94.47% increase compared to district average yield.

During rabi season 4738 cluster front line demonstrations were conducted by the KVKs of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana states in an area of 1895.2 ha on groundnut, sesame, sunflower, castor safflower and niger crops with improved package of practices. Highest average yield of 29.82 q/ha was recorded in demonstrations conducted by KVKs of Andhra Pradesh with improved variety along with integrated crop management practices under irrigated situation which recorded 10.95 percent yield increase over check yield in groundnut.KVK, Chittoor demonstrated sunflower hybrid along with integrated crop management practices and obtained highest average demonstration yield of 21.11 q/ha in Andhra Pradesh in rabi season. Improved sesame variety recorded highest average yield in Karimnagar district of Telangana during summer season.

Achievements during 2018-2019

In 2018-19, during Kharif season total of 1194 CFLDs on oilseeds were laid out in the 477.4ha area. Out of 1194 demonstrations, 641 CFLDs were conducted in 256.4 ha area in Andhra Pradesh, 400 demonstrations were laid out in 160 ha area in Tamil Nadu and 153 CFLDs were laid out in 61 ha area in Telangana. The major Kharif oilseed crops grown in the state are groundnut, sesame, castor and soybean. In Andhra Pradesh 22.43 q/ha average yield was observed in demonstration plot with 21.44 percent increase in yield. In Andhra Pradesh improved variety YLM-66 along with other technological interventions resulted in 20.52 per cent increase in yields with an average demonstration yield of 6.87 q/ha over the check yield of 5.7 q/ha. In Tamil Nadu, improved variety TMV-7 along with other technological interventions resulted in 21 per cent increase in yields with an average demonstrated yield of 7.7 q/ha over the check yield of 6.2 q/ha. An average yield of 21.24 q/ha was obtained with 15.62 per cent increase in the yield against the local check yield of 18.37 q/ha in case of Soybean.

During Rabi 2018-19, 2366 CFLDs on oilseeds were laid out in the 944.2 ha area. Out of 2366 Planted demonstrations, 1104 CFLDs were conducted in 446.8 ha area in Andhra Pradesh, 900 demonstrations were laid out in 360 ha area in Tamil Nadu and 313 CFLDs were conducted in 125 ha area in Telangana. The major Rabi oilseed crops grown in the state are Groundnut, Sesame, Sunflower, Safflower and Castor.