On Farm Trial (OFT)

On farm trial is an approach of adaptive research conducted on farmers’ field within their framing system perspective in their active participation and under their management.  The objective of OFT is to develop technologies which might help solve problems of group of farmers in a defined study area.


On Farm Trials conducted

S.No. Discipline 1994-95 to 1999-2000 2000-01 to 2004-05 2005-06 to 2009-10
2010-11 to 2011-12
2012-13 to 2013-14 2014-15 to 2020-21
N P N P N P N P N P N P
1 Crop Production - - - - 04 30 02 10 02 50 05 62
2 Horticulture - - 01 10 05 52 02 26 01 10 02 23
3 Veterinary Science - - 16 154 04 60 02 40 05 50 13 214
4 Plant Protection 02 12 05 28 - - 01 10 04 26 06 61
5 Home Science - - - - 02 36 02 36 04 76 16 294

N: No. of OFT; P: No.of Participants