Objective of this activity is to assess and refine the technologies based on local problems to best fit the socio-economic condition of the farmers and to identify the production constraints. During 2014-15, 10 nos. of On Farm Trials have been conducted on different crops involving 150 farmers, in different villages of Ranchi District. Details of the OFTs conducted during the year is as given below.

On Farm Trial For Assessment
and Refinement of Technologies
No of Farmers Involved
Assessment of the performance of Insecticidal control of Lac insect predators in Ber Zizyphus mauritiana plant of Kusumi Lac 20
Effective management of pigeon pea pod borer complex 10
Assessment of the performance of phosphatic fertilizer application in combination with lime in pea 10
Assessment of productivity of paddy in upland soil under DSR system in Jharkhand 30
Assessment of performance of inter cropping of tomato with marigold for increasing total profitability 10
Assess the effect of urea (4%) and Potassium Nitrate(4%) on yield of mango 10
Assessment of nipping techniques in different spacing in pigeon pea for increasing productivity 20
Assessment of performance of high yielding varieties of black gram in Ranchi district for increasing production 20
Assessment of performance of inter cropping of maize with other crops for increasing the profitability 20
Assessment of performance of high yielding varieties of paddy 20
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