Adoption status, constraints and suggestion regarding flower production technology in Punjab

Abstract

The Flower is the most beautiful creation of the nature which cheers up our mood in any situation. Area under flower is very small as compare to other crops like wheat, rice, maize etc. Present study was conducted to know the adoption status of flower production technology, constraints faced by the farmers and to get their suggestions for the improvement in adoption of flower cultivation. For this study, 50 flower producers and 100 other farmers were randomly selected from ten villages of Patiala, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mohali districts of Punjab. It was found from this study that 80.00 per cent of the flower producers had medium and low extent of adoption regarding the recommended flower production technology while only 20.00 per cent flower producers had high extent of adoption. From 17 aspects of flower production technology, preparation of soil got first rank whereas packaging of flowers got last position in rank hierarchy. High fluctuation in weather conditions, lack of training & skilled labour, Lower market price of flowers and price fluctuation were the major constraints recorded in the study. All the farmers had suggested fixing market price of flower produce and proper crop insurance coverage to uplift the flower cultivation in Punjab.