Constraints faced by the soybean growers

Abstract

The present study was undertaken during the year 2013-14 in Dharwad district of Karnataka. The study covered 15 villages from 3 taluks of Dharwad district to form a sample of 150 respondents were randomly selected. Data was collected from the selected sample through personal interview with the help of pretested structured interview schedule. The finding of the study revealed that seventy per cent of the farmers indicated that High cost of inputs followed by erratic behaviour of rainfall 65.33 per cent, high incidence of pest and diseases 53.33 per cent,. Marketing constraints like, price fluctuation 88.66 per cent followed by malpractice in weighment 77.33 per cent, non-availability of timely market information 63.33 per cent.