CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE PADDY GROWER IN ADOPTION OF RECOMMENDED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY FROM WESTERN MAHARASHTRA

S.D. BHINGARDEVE¹*, D.P. DESHMUKH², V.M. KARDE^3
1Regional sugarcane & Jaggery Research Station, Kolhapur 416005, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, 413722, Maharashtra India
²College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, 416005, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, 413722, Maharashtra India
³Regional Extension Centre, College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, 416005, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, 413722, Maharashtra India
* Corresponding Author : sudabhi@yahoo.co.in

Received : 19-09-2018     Accepted : 26-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 18       Pages : 7238 - 7240
Int J Agr Sci 10.18 (2018):7238-7240

Keywords : Paddy production technology and constraints
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors Thankful to Regional Extension Centre, College of Agriculture, Kolhapur, 416005, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri, Ahmednagar, 413722, Maharashtra India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The average productivity of the Maharashtra state is low as compared to other rice growing states in India. With this view research was conducted in Kolhapur district of western Maharashtra. Majority of the paddy growers belonged to the middle age group (50.77 percent). More than 50% of the paddy growers had completed secondary and higher secondary education and belonged to joint family (56.92 percent) with medium sized families (41.67 percent). All the farmers were adopted soil, ploughing, puddling, time of sowing/ transplanting. Majority (30.76) of farmers suffers from higher labour wages, unavailability of required variety seeds at input dealers and feels that production cost is more and two –fifth (41.54 percent) of farmers suggested that improved variety seeds from university should be made easily available.

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