Cultivation of vegetable crops in particular and horticulture crops in general under dry land / rain fed agro-ecosystem is not so popular like conventional food grain crops.  In this regard concerted efforts have been made by Department of Horticulture, Regional Agricultural Research Station, Raichur through National Agriculture Technology Project (NATP).  Research programme was under taken as “On Farm Adaptive Research (OFAR) trials on culsterbean with different moisture conservation practices, across 20 farmer’s field spread over 8 villages; as management of rain water under dry land situation is of paramount importance from the point of view of increasing the productivity of crops in these lands.  Different moisture conservation practices viz., ridges and furrows, ridges and furrows + mulch and farmers practice (Flat bed method) were followed. Ridge and furrows along with mulch enhanced the vigour of the crop as manifested in higher plant height, leaf area and dry matter production. Further moisture conservation practices (ridges and furrow + mulch) helped to promote the productivity of cluster bean as evident in significantly higher yield per unit area. The pooled data indicated the higher yield (30.41 q/ha) due to ridges and furrows + mulch followed by ridges and furrows as compared to flat bed method   (24.63 q/ha) of cultivation. The results of individual years followed the similar trend. The economic indicators like net returns per ha (Rs. 14701/ha) and B: C ratio (2.53) was found maximum with ridges and furrows + mulch. Further, ridges and furrows + mulch resulted in higher moisture retention in the soil as compared to flat bed method of cultivation.