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Lesson 27:ICAR Research Projects

Salient features of NDP

1. It was a first time demonstration of the results of the application of research technology on the cultivator's field.
2. It was carried out primarily under the direction and supervision of research workers.
3. Target oriented demonstration. Demonstration with targeted yield of 9 tones for 2 crops and 11 tones for 3 crops.
4. There was no control plot.
5. Large scale demonstration - the area of demonstration plot was one acre.
6. Active cultivators with small holdings were the farmers on whose plots demonstrations were laid so that the high yields obtained were not attributed to the effects of affluence.