CONSTRAINTS PERCEIVED BY THE FARMERS IN ADOPTION OF IMPROVED GINGER PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY IN UDAIPUR DISTRICT OF RAJASTHAN

VIKAS KUMAR¹*, S.S. SISODIA², KAILASH CHANDRA CHOUDHAR³, BHAVENDRA TIWARI^4
1Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 303001 India
²Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 303001 India
³Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 303001 India
⁴Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, Rajasthan 303001 India
* Corresponding Author : veer5agri@gmail.com

Received : 22-09-2016     Accepted : 13-11-2016     Published : 24-11-2016
Volume : 8     Issue : 57       Pages : 3154 - 3157
Int J Agr Sci 8.57 (2016):3154-3157

Keywords : Ginger, Constraints, Adoption, Production and Technology
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The authors are heartily thankful to Department of Extension Education, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUA&T (Udaipur) for providing data collection facilities and also thankful my adviser, Dr. S.S. Sisodia and Dr. F.L. Sharma (HOD) for providing the facilities for the investigation.
Author Contribution : None declared

Ginger is an important spice and medicinal crop. The present study was conducted in Udaipur district of Rajasthan. There are total eleven tehsils in Udaipur district, out of which two tehsils namely, Jhadol and Gogunda were selected on the basis of maximum area under ginger cultivation. Five villages from each identified tehsil were selected on the basis of maximum area under ginger cultivation. For selection of respondents, 100 ginger growers were randomly selected from identified villages (10 from each village) for data collection. It was found that majority of respondents (45.00%) fell in medium level of constraint group whereas, 28.00 per cent ginger growers were observed in the low level of constraint group and remaining 27.00 per cent respondents were possessed high level of constraint about adoption of improved ginger production technology. Study shows that major constraints for ginger growers were lack of knowledge about high yielding varieties, on-availability of improved high yielding varieties of the ginger crop, perishable commodities and resources poor farmers.