ANALYSING THE CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC VEGETABLE CULTIVATION PRACTICES

REMA DAS; AMITA HANGLEM; TAPAS DAS; K. PRADHAN

Volume : IV, Issue : V, May - 2015

ANALYSING THE CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADOPTION OF SCIENTIFIC VEGETABLE CULTIVATION PRACTICES

Rema Das, Amita Hanglem, Tapas Das, K. Pradhan

Abstract :

With the changing scenario, high–value vegetable production has become a very profitable one. In different parts of India farmers now prefer to grow vegetables as it gives better and quick return round the year. But farmers are facing various types of constraints in adoption of scientific vegetable production. For this reason, this study aims to analyze the constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of scientific vegetable production. The study was conducted in CoochBehar district of West Bengal. Total 6o respondents were selected through multistage random sampling procedure. Total 14 major constraints such as lack of improved package of practice, lack of high yielding/ hyids resistant or tolerant diseases, pests, non –adoption of IPM/IDM technology, improper marketing system, lack of storage(multipurpose) and processing facilities, high cost of hyid seeds, cool chain is absent etc. are identified after having thorough consultation with experts of that area. The semi structure interview schedule was used to collect information from the vegetables growers in a participatory way. The constraints are evaluated and ranked with the help of the rank based quotient analysis. The results showed that the major constraints like faulty or improper marketing system, high humidity and rainfall aggravates more diseases and pest complex, lack of high yielding/ hyids resistant or tolerant to diseases or pests, High cost of hyid seeds, Lack of soil testing facility, Little or lack of multipupose storage and processing facility are mainly faced by the vegetable growers.