Socio-Economic and Agrarian Impact of Wheat Frontline Demonstrations in Malwa Region of Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

Wheat is the most important and popular cereals crop in India. Wheat is the main source of nutrients and energy in the human diet. The study was conducted in five district of the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. The total sample was consist 300 farmers (150 beneficiary farmers and 150 non-beneficiary farmers). A large number, 50.00 percent of the respondents were having low category, increased (up to 3.8 q/ha) productivity after adopting the new technologies through WFLDs and larger part 60.00 percent of the respondents had low category increased their area under wheat cultivation. A comparison between beneficiary and non-beneficiary farmers, 08.00 percent of the beneficiary farmers reported their overall annual income was increased in high category i.e. >Rs. 100,000/-due to the FLDs of wheat production technology and only 02.00 percent of the non-beneficiary farmers reported their overall annual income was increased in high category i.e. >Rs. 100,000/-. Almost 72.67 percent of the respondents reported their overall purchasing power & improvement in life style was increased, due to the FLDs of wheat production technology. Majority 88.67 percent of the farmers expressed that MSP should be double in ways of effectiveness. The next opinion 81.67 percent of the farmers were cost of input should be decreased.