Year: 2014 | Month: December | Volume 59 | Issue 4
Constraints for adoption of recommended crop production technologies faced by the potato growers in the sub-tropical zone of Jammu division
DOI:10.5958/0976-4666.2014.00042.4
Abstract:
The present study was conducted during 2011-2012 in purposively selected sub-divisions of Jammu province, Jammu and Kashmir covering 15 villages and a sample of 225 potato growers was selected through proportionate random sampling method. The study revealed that the major constraints for the adoption of crop production technologies faced by the potato growers were complicated seed treatment technique (100.00%), non-availability of fertilizers at proper time (76%), financial problem (72.89%), non-availability of insecticides/ pesticides at proper time (64.64%), high cost of fertilizers (61.77%), high cost of seed (60.04%), high cost of fungicides (57.78%) and labour problem (54.66%).
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