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With an objective of improving productivity of chickpea, Integrated Crop Managemnet (ICM) were conducted in 25 farmers’ fields in Jawargi and Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district in Karnataka state during Rabi season during 2016-17. The study findings revealed that ICM practices recorded a mean yield of 1050 kg/ha which is 28.05 per cent higher than obtained with farmer’s practice (820 kg/ha). The average extension gap, technology gap and technology index were 150kg/ha, 230 kg/ha and 12.50 per cent, respectively. The improved production technologies gave higher benefit cost ratio (2.17) compared to local check (1.69) being grown by farmers under locality. The productivity of chickpea per unit area could be increased by adopting feasible scientific and sustainable management practices with a suitable variety. Considering the above facts, ICM were carried out in a systematic and scientific manner on farmer’s field to show the worth of improved practices and convincing farming community about potentialities of improved production management technologies of chickpea for further adoption by the farming community.

Key words: ICM, Chickpea, Technology, Production.