CHALLENGES TO ADOPTION OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN BALRAMPUR DISTRICT OF UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA

I. ALIMUL¹*, D.K. BOSE^2
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
²Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
* Corresponding Author : alikhan9695@gmail.com

Received : 15-06-2022     Accepted : 15-09-2022     Published : 30-09-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 9       Pages : 11639 - 11642
Int J Agr Sci 14.9 (2022):11639-11642

Keywords : Sugarcane, Farmers, Production, Adoption, Technology
Academic Editor : Dr R.S. Umakanth, Dr B.S. Vyakarnahal, Benhalima L., Oluk Aylin C., Shanaz S.
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Extension and Communication, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Sugarcane cultivation in Uttar Pradesh touched a new high with the average cane production reaching 815 quintals per hectare in 2020-21. In the last fiscal, the average cane production was to the tune of 811 quintals per hectare. Sugarcane significantly contributes to the socio-economic development of the Balrampur’s Farmers. The largest sugarcane growing states-Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat contribute more than 85% of the total sugar production in India. The present study was carried out, in the year 2021-22, with the objective to identify the challenges in the adoption of sugarcane production technology by interviewing 316 sugarcane growers from twenty-four different villages of the command area of Tulsipur and Gainsari, (Uttar Pradesh). The research variable constraint was operationalized as the difficulties faced by sugarcane growers in the adoption of sugarcane production technology. The constraints encountered by most of the respondents in the adoption of sugarcane production technology were low price is given by Government, Tedious procedure for getting a loan, Payment by the factory through instalments so it is not profitable, high cost of pesticides, the inadequacy of irrigation water at the required time, non-availability of labor for intercultural operations, high cost of fertilizers, non-availability of good quality manure and lack of knowledge about the spraying of insecticides. Non-availability of a contact office near the village and transportation of sugarcane sets were also the constraints faced by the sugarcane growers. A timely and regular supply of inputs at cheaper rates, with a regular supply of irrigation water, and ensuring remunerative price to sugarcane were some of the suggestions made by sugarcane growers

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