Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Cuddalore District intervened with demonstrations on pulses with cluster approach to increase the production of pulses in Cuddalore district under NFSM-pulse production scheme. The KVK has conducted 50 front line demonstrations in farmer’s fields during the year 2015-16 in black gram in an area of 20ha. Front line demonstration is an appropriate means for demonstration as well as transfer of improved agricultural innovations to the farming community. Two cluster villages viz., Melpuliankudi and Agrahram of Kattumanarkoil block were selected for the purpose and the blackgram variety VBN 5 was selected for demonstration. From the demonstrations, an average yield of q ha-1 was recorded as against q ha-1 from farmers practice and the maximum yield of q ha-1 was noticed and a quantity of 1120 kg of produce was sold as seed to other farmers in the region. | Cluster demonstration - An approach to augment productivity in Blackgram