Oilseeds are the second most important and the largest agri-commodity of India after cereals. Oilseed crops play a very important role in the agricultural economy of India which has the distinction of having large area under oilseed crops. The diverse agro-ecological conditions in the country are favourable for growing nine annual oilseeds which include seven edible oilseeds viz. groundnut, rapeseed mustard, soybean, sunflower, sesame, safflower and niger and two nonedible oilseeds, castor and linseed. The present study was conducted in Ashta block of Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh during 2016-17. 10 villages were selected randomly and 160 farmers were selected by using proportionate allocation method. The result of study indicated that among all respondents, 60.00 per cent had medium market behaviour, maximum number of the respondents (33.75%) had small area, 10 % of respondents had their annual income above Rs.1.00 lakh. Positively & significantly related with adoption level of the farmers.

In nutshell, it is recognized that the economy of farmers in the district is largely agriculture based where contributing of farming communities has been recognized to be very important. The need of wheat recognized very steady progress in the district Dhar which can be achieved through adoption of improved wheat production technology including the variety of seed. The technological assets include a number of high yielding crop varieties, package of improved agro techniques and management of input use as well as resource management technologies which are still paying much towards enhancing productivity of wheat crop.. 80 respondents were selected randomly from the comprehensive list of beneficiaries under NAIP for wheat production selected by IARI during 2011-12 and 80 non-beneficiaries were selected from the same villages by using proportional method. The data revealed that improved wheat technology given additional yield of 11.70, 13.97 and 14.00 quintal per hectare as yield parameter of the area. As per the frequency higher than average value, the wheat growers confronted that "lack of sufficient resources and capital" was main constraint (ranked I st) followed by "lack of technical guidance through scientist about improved technology" (ranked II nd), "lack of irrigation water" (ranked III rd), "not getting remunerative price" (ranked IV th) and "lack of electricity" (ranked V th) respectively.

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This study was conducted in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh with the sample size of 120 Vegetable Growers. These 120 vegetable growers were drawn from 10 vegetable growing villages using proportionate random sampling technique. Based on the experts opinion, recommended vegetable cultivation practices were selected for studying the adoption behaviour. All the selected farmers were interviewed personally using a well-structured interview schedule. For the analysis of collected data, descriptive statistics like percentage and analytical statistics were used. The majority of the respondents faced several constraints in adopting the eco friendly management practices. High yielding resistant varieties were costly and thus the vegetable growers were unable to purchase those (81.66%). Moreover, less training on eco-friendly management practices was received by the farmers (76.66%) along with less subsidies and technical support from the government (62.50%). Low knowledge about the environmental issues (50%), less participation of the farmers in extension programmes (41.66%), and inadequate environmental education at the secondary level (29.16%) also hindered the adoption of eco friendly management practices.

The KVK of Jhabua district (M.P.) was entrusted with the responsibility of conducting FLD inMaize (Zea mays L.) is the third most important cereal crop of the world and India after wheat and rice. The state of Madhya Pradesh is the traditional maize growing state that covers 13 per cent of the total maize area and same as to the total maize production in the country. Maize is predominantly cultivated under rained condition in kharif season in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. The productivity of maize in Madhya Pradesh is very low as compared to other maize-growing states. Average yield of maize is 18.23 q/ha, average productivity of Jhabua district is 113.5 q/ha and average productivity of the state is 159 q/ha. The total area under maize in MP state is 8.49 lakh ha approximate.Front Line Demonstration (FLD) was started in maize to generate production data and feedback information to various development agencies, which are engaged in dissemination of technological advances through researchers to the farmer"s fields. Increasing the productivity and improving the economic condition of the farmers, depends on the level of knowledge and skills of the farmers.Front Line Demonstration (FLD) was started in maize to generate production data and feedback information to various development agencies, which are engaged in dissemination of technological advances through researchers to the farmer"s fields. 1.1Global ranking in maize production: Major maize growing countries and their production (million tons). I. Review Of Literature Patel and Tunver (2004) reported that the yield of groundnut was increased 24.05 per cent after FLD as compared to before frontline demonstration. It shows a positive impact of FLD on adoption of recommended practices. Singh et al. (2005) reported that the FLD was effective in changing the attitude, skill and knowledge of improved / recommended practices of high yielding variety of rice including adoption. Dhaka, et. al (2010) studied that the productivity of maize per unit area and time could be increased by adopting feasible scientific and sustainable management practices with a suitable variety. Taking into account the above consideration, frontline demonstrations were carried out in a systematic manner on farmers" field to