CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE SESAME GROWERS AND THE SUGGESTIONS TO OVERCOME THEM
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 54
Abstract
The current study has been conducted in the Sihora block of Jabalpur district to get acquainted with the problems faced by the growers and the possible remedies to overcome the same. Hundred farmers were interviewed and only percentage was employed to derive the results. Keeping this in view, present study entitled “Constraints faced by the sesame growers and the suggestions to overcome them†was planned with specific objectives: To study the constraints faced by the sesame growers and to seek the strategy for enhancing sesame production technology. The study exposed the facts that among the various situational, technological, economical, marketing, extension and institutional constraints- shortage of labour at the peak time, lack of recommended doses of fertilizers, complex procedure of loan, lack of daily market facilities in the locality, irregular visits of RAEOs and unavailability of information on improved technology through government agencies were the main constraints reported by the sesame growers. Hence, to overcome the above mentioned constraints, the major suggestions given by the sesame growers were regular visits of RAEOs, trainings on technical sesame production, demonstrations on farmers’ field, reduction in cost of inputs and extension of technological knowledge.
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CHANDRIKA SHARMA
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