Success story on Black Gram VBN 6 variety makes a farmer to uplift the farm income 2016-17
Background
Mr.G.Jeevanantam S/O. Ganapathy, was successfully cultivating Black gram VBN 6 during summer and Kharif season. In his field, Cluster Front line demonstration was conducted on Rabi pulses using Black Gram VBN 6 variety during 2015-16 and training on Integrated Crop Management technologies for pulses crop was conducted.
Intervention process
He approached KVK, Sikkal for getting guidance for the intensive cultivation of all crop especially like rice, pulses and vegetable. Moreover, he got some useful information related to cultivation of irrigated pulses. He was actively involved in taking up this cluster FLD demonstration on Rabi pulses.
Intervention Technology
He gathered knowledge on seed treatment with bio fertilizers, Nutrient management and application of TNAU Pulse Wonder during peak flowering stage through the trainings.
The following technologies were adopted in the black gram cultivation.
- Seed treatment with Imidacloprid 5ml/kg of seed.
- Seed treatment with Rizhobium 250 gm and Trichoderma viredi 4 gm/kg of seeds.
- Basal application of fertilizers Urea 15 kg, DAP 25 kg and MOP 15 kg/acre before sowing.
- Foliar spraying of TNAU pulse wonder @5 kg/ha.
- Installation of pheromone traps @ 12 nos/ha.
Economic gains:
| Sl.No. | Particulars | ADT 3 | VBN 6 |
| 1 | No. of Pod/plant | 36 | 65 |
| 2 | Yield (q/ha) | 7.0 | 20.0 |
| 3 | Gross Return (Rs./ha) | 70,000 | 2,00,000 |
| 4 | Net Return (Rs./ha) | 50,000 | 1,37,500 |
Impact on Horizontal spread
Through the sale VBN 6 as seeds more than 100 farmers were benefitted and provided seed to Department of Agriculture for double the income. Exposure visit was arranged among the farmers to visit his field to popularizing this success for large scale adoption.
Impact on Employment Generation
He generated regular employment for 10 persons.
Large scale adoption:
Black gram variety VBN 6 was popularized through cluster FLD on Rabi pulses among the farmers of Nagapattinam district during 2015-16 and 2016-17. Now the variety black gram VBN 6 is cultivated in large scale area more than 15000 hectares over 43030 hectares of Black gram.
