Promotion of fenugreek organic farming through front-line demonstrations in Sikar district of Rajasthan

Abstract

A field study for promotion of fenugreek organic farming through front-linedemonstrations (FLDs) was conducted in Sikar district of Rajasthan during2019-20 to 2021-22 (3 years) under Mission for Integrated Development ofHorticulture (MIDH) scheme by the ICAR-National Research Centre onSeed Spices, Ajmer. A total 29 farmers of 11 villages of Sikar wereidentified to carry out the study. All 29 farmers were supplied improvedvariety of fenugreek along with organic input viz. Trichoderma, FYM andbotanicals/neem oil. After harvesting and threshing of fenugreek everyyear, yield data was recorded from each farmer fields. As per comparisonof yield data between FLDs of organic farming and farmers/traditionalpractice it was reported that the mean yield of FLDs of organic farming offenugreek was 6.25, 7.41 and 18.94% higher in comparison tofarmers/traditional practice during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22respectively. Farmers were satisfied with yield and visual quality offenugreek seed harvested under organic farming and willing to continueorganic farming in fenugreek. Therefore, organic farming in fenugreekcould be widely promoted in Sikar district of Rajasthan to achievesustainable development goals.