A study on constraints and suggestions as expressed by respondents in organic red gram cultivation in Dryland areas of Karnataka

Author: 
Akkamahadevi Naik, Sreenivasulu, M. and Sreenivasa Rao, I.
Abstract: 

Pulse is largely produced crop in India accounting to a share of 34.44 per cent of the total pulse crops produced that makes it the leading gram producing country in the world. The present study was confined to theconstraints and suggestions as expressed by respondents in organic red gram growers of Gulbarga district. In this study the major components were taken as technological constraints, socio-economic constraints, supply and marketing constraints, transfer of technology constraints and situational constraints, Among the technological constraints, majority (79.76%) of the farmers perceived the constraint of complex and costly certification process for organic red gram cultivation and hence it was ranked I. In case of socio-economic constraints, majority of the respondents (83.33%) had expressed the constraint on increased cost of cultivation and hence it was ranked I and in transfer of technology constraints, majority (85.00%) of farmers faced t of lack of regular visits by extension workers to give guidance to farmers on organic red gram farming and hence it was ranked I. and in case of situational constraints, majority (70.83%) of farmers faced constraint on transportation of organic manure is costly and laborious and hence it was ranked I.

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