All India Coordinated Research Project on Linseed
(AICRP-Linseed)

Extension

Frontline Demonstrations (2016-17 to 2019-20)

State FLDs (No.) Mean seed yield (kg/ha) Increase in seed yield (%)
IT FP
Irrigated
Bihar 135 1099 763 44
Chhattisgarh 120 983 712 38.1
Himachal Pradesh 30 941 550 71.2
Jharkhand 5 683 249 174
Madhya Pradesh 141 1574 1087 44.8
Maharashtra 50 1033 797 29.7
Punjab 75 1054 886 18.9
Rajasthan 87 1608 1401 14.8
Uttar Pradesh 296 1154 746 54.6
West Bengal 36 1206 852 41.5
Total 975
Rainfed
Assam 172 631 498 26.7
Bihar 5 891 569 56.6
Chhattisgarh 110 689 509 35.3
Himachal Pradesh 20 801 485 65.1
Jharkhand 90 378 253 49.4
Karnataka 130 544 404 34.7
Madhya Pradesh 61 1172 747 56.9
Maharashtra 213 943 717 31.6
Nagaland 64 766 332 130.9
Odisha 75 598 353 69.4
Rajasthan 46 1285 1109 15.8
Uttar Pradesh 209 1030 633 62.7
West Bengal 11 316 251 25.9
Total 1206
Utera
Bihar 5 987 638 54.7
Chhattisgarh 45 344 315 9.3
Himachal Pradesh 35 496 278 78.7
Jharkhand 20 439 270 62.9
Madhya Pradesh 25 815 629 29.6
Maharashtra 9 133 89 50
Odisha 50 569 357 59.3
Uttar Pradesh 40 898 526 70.6
Total 229
Total FLDs 2410

Other extension activities to popularize the technologies developed

 

Farmers participating approach through seed buy back arrangements through conductance of adaptive trials at KVK office campus, Kisan Melas, Gosthies and some audio-visual aids.

  •  Development of high yielding linseed varieties with genetic yield potential of 2 t/ha.
  • Short duration (100-105 days) varieties to mitigate the impact of terminal moisture stress in central and peninsular region and cover rice-fallow land in eastern states.
  • Genetic modification of fatty acid profile in order to develop designer linseed i.e. highlinolenic acid (HLA) for industrial and medicinal use and low linolenic acid (LLA) for use as cooking oil.
  • Horizontal expansion of linseed in rainfed rice fallow land of eastern India and NEH region.
  • Enhancing seed replacement rate to ensure the availability of quality seed.
  • Technology transfer.