Production, Marketing and Storage Constraints of Maize Growers in District Chickaballapur Karnataka
Posted: 10 Apr 2013
Date Written: April 10, 2013
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out in Chickaballapur district of Karnataka state. Three taluks viz Shidlaghatta, Bagepalli and Chinthamani were purposively selected for the study in the year 2010. The production constraints as perceived by participants of FFS showed that, most (98.33%) of the participants perceived high cost of plant protection chemicals as the constraint in production and 81.67 per cent of non-participants perceived timely non availability of labour as the major constraint. The data showed that 80.00 per cent of participants perceived that storage facilities are located far away from villages as the main constraint and 71.67 per cent of non participants perceive that storage facilities are located far away from village as their main storage constraint. The data indicated that, 91.67 per cent of participants perceive that fluctuation in the market prices as their major constraint in marketing and 83.33 per cent of non participants felt that fluctuation in market prices as their main constraint.
Keywords: FFS, constraints
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