(Gingiber officinale L.), a member of the Gingiberaceae family is a universal spice crop with immense economic significance. The crop is commercially cultivated by tribal farmers as a spice, condiment, culinary supplement, and medicine for their livelihoods. The aim of the study was to find out the performance of single-node ginger seedlings raised through pro-tray technology over farmer practice, to study the extension parameters, and to find out the economic analysis factors. To overcome the problems of high seed usage due to the high cost of seed material and rhizome rot disease in ginger in tribal agency areas of ASR district. Hence, the ICAR-ANGRAU, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi conducted Front Line Demonstrations (FLD) in five selected villages, namely Paderu, Peddabayalu, Hukumpeta, Dumbriguda, and Araku mandals of Alluri Sitaramraju district (ASR) of Andhra Pradesh, for three years (2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021-22). The purpose of the FLD was to showcase the superior performance of single node raised seedlings of the ginger variety Nadia raised through portray technology compared to the normal farmer practice variety Nadia. The single-node ginger (Var. Nadia) seedlings were cultivated using technological demonstration of yield and economic analysis in contrast to farmers' practices 50 farmers participated actively in the FLD, which covered 20.5 acres. In terms of production, pooled fresh rhizome yields of 139.57 and 120.02 q/ha, respectively, showed that single-node grown seedlings of ginger var. Nadia raised by modern technology was superior to farmer practice. Single-node ginger (var. Nadia) seedlings grown by this technique exhibited an upsurge in fresh rhizome output from 10.28 to 20.39 per cent over the course of the demonstration years. Average cost-benefit ratios for the three years for demonstration plots and farmer practice were 1:3.18, 1:3.26, and 1:3.61, and 1:2.09, 1:2.08, and 1:2.01, respectively. The extension gap of three years (2019–20, 2020–21, and 2021–22) was 27.71, 16.1, and 14.84 q/ha in demonstration plots, respectively. Results on the Technology Index ranged between 12.07 to 6.62% and 20.78 to 5.17% for single-node ginger (var. Nadia) seedlings raised through pro tray technology and farmers’ practices, respectively. All three years of the study revealed that for single-node ginger (var. Nadia) seedlings raised through portray technology, there is much significance and scope for upscaling the demonstrated technology in tribal agency areas of Alluri Sitaramraj district, Andhra Pradesh. The study concluded that a highly sought-after spice crop in trade and the global market is ginger. However, the region's ginger growers are unaware of the scientific benefits of cultivating ginger and are even wary of adopting new technologies. More FLDs of this kind would allow farmers to witness firsthand how technology might increase production in their own fields.
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N. Sathi Babu
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
N. Raja Kumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
N. Kishor Kumar
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P. Babu
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
A. Sowjanaya
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P.V.S. Ramu Naidu
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
P. Rajesh
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Y. Sravanthi
Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kondempudi, Anakapalli Dist., Acharya N.G Ranga
Agriculture University, Lam, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/crpas/v5/2624
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