TECHNOLOGICAL GAP IN ADOPTION OF IMPROVED CULTIVATION | PRACTICES BY GRAM GROWERS

Gram is one of the important grain legume crop grown in most parts of the world for its several uses as snake food, sweets, condiments and vegetables are prepared from its world-wide. In Gujarat gram covers about 17,5500 ha area with 19,9800 million tones productions (Anonymous 2011). Gram is cultivated as one of the major legume crop, in almost all the districts of Gujarat state. Amongst this, Dahod, Jamnagar, Surendranagar, Patan, and Porbandar are the major gram producing districts.Main gram research station Junagadh has released various improved cultivation practices for gram crop and are being communicated to the gram growers through various extension agencies like transfer of technologies centre (TOTs) like Krushi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs), Farmer Training Center (FTCs), Tribal Training Center (TTCs), Tribal Research and Training Center (TRTC), Tribal Farm Women Training Center (TFWTC) etc. State Department of Agriculture (SDAs), State Agricultural University (SAUs) and Non Government Organizations (NGOs).