Cluster Frontline Demonstrations (CFLD) of Pulses for Nutrition Security in Manipur

Dr Lydia Zimik
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Central and State Agricultural Universities, ICAR Institutes, and KVKs are taking the lead in demonstrating the most up-to-date technical knowledge to farmers. Cluster front line demonstrations (CFLDs) are an innovative way to provide a direct link between researchers and farmers for technology transfer and direct feedback from the farming community.
To meet the rising demand for food grains, the National Development Council (NDC) adopted a resolution at its 53rd meeting to increase rice, wheat, and pulses production by 10, 8, and 2 million tonnes, respectively, by 2011 with an outlay of Rs. 4,882 crore under the Eleventh Five Year Plan's National Policy for Farmers.
The proposed Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'National Food Security Mission (NFSM)' aims to put the NDC decision into action and boost rice, wheat, and pulses production. KVKs organised farming and extension activities for farmers and extension workers to demonstrate the production potential of newly released technologies on the farmer's fields at a different location in a given farming system, and they conducted Cluster frontline demonstrations (CFLDs) to demonstrate the production potential of newly released technologies on the farmer's fields at a different location in a given farming system. This programme has been successfully implemented in KVKs, where progressive farmers are being trained, fields are being checked on a regular basis, and feedback on the latest crop management methods is being collected.
CFLDs offer researchers and extension professionals a unique chance to better understand farmer resources and the need to fine-tune and/or alter technologies for simple adoption in farmer's fields.
The CFLD is a critical approach for delivering the most up-to-date bundle of practices to farmers in its entirety.
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