Study on adoption of major grain legumes technologies at the outreach sites of the National Grain Legume Research Program in Chitwan district was conducted in December 2007. Tharu was the dominant caste of the surveyed site. Lentil, pea, soybean, pegionpea, cowpea, bean and rajma were the legumes included in their cropping pattern. The average yield of lentil was 1.35 ton per hectare. Weed was the major problem in lentil causing high labour cost. Another serious problem was botrytis gray mold disease of lentil. Rajma bean is replacing the lentil area because farmers view rajma bean could be a lucrative crop in comparison to lentil. Farmers' preference on legume crops and their varieties varied for biological and socio-economic characters.

Study on adoption of major grain legumes technologies at the outreach sites of the National Grain Legume Research Program in Chitwan district was conducted in December 2007. Tharu was the dominant caste of the surveyed site. Lentil, pea, soybean, pegionpea, cowpea, bean and rajma were the legumes included in their cropping pattern. The average yield of lentil was 1.35 ton per hectare. Weed was the major problem in lentil causing high labour cost. Another serious problem was botrytis gray mold disease of lentil. Rajma bean is replacing the lentil area because farmers view rajma bean could be a lucrative crop in comparison to lentil. Farmers' preference on legume crops and their varieties varied for biological and socio-economic characters.