_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: mallikarjunpsb@gmail.com; Int. J. Plant Soil Sci., vol. 35, no. 21, pp. 1178-1183, 2023 International Journal of Plant & Soil Science Volume 35, Issue 21, Page 1178-1183, 2023; Article no.IJPSS.108449 ISSN: 2320-7035 Enhancing Sesame Productivity and Profitability with Cluster Front Line Demonstrations in Andhra Pradesh's Nellore District, India G. L. Siva Jyothi a , M. Mallikarjun a* , K. Kiran Kumar Reddy a , S. Lokesh Babu a , V. Tejaswini a and D. Vijay Kumar Naik a a Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ANGRAU, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh-524004, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJPSS/2023/v35i214090 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/108449 Received: 01/09/2023 Accepted: 06/11/2023 Published: 14/11/2023 ABSTRACT Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is one of the most important oil crops grown in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh along with groundnut. Sesame productivity in the district is low and efforts have been made to increase productivity and area by using high-yielding varieties along with integrated crop management (ICM) practices. In the farmer's field, ICM practices like sowing of improved variety (YLM 66), seed treatment, providing sticky traps to monitor sucking pest vectors, application of neem oil at flowering, spraying of monocrotophos at capsule development stage are used. Insect control and carbendazim spray for leaf spot control have been demonstrated. The results showed that in 2021-22 and 2022-23, seed yield improved by 9.9 and 11.2 percent compared to farmers' practices. Economically, demonstration practices have been found to produce higher net profit per Original Research Article