Constraints faced by the commercial mango growers in efficient management of mango orchard

Abstract

The present study was conducted in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg district of Konkan region of Maharashtra state. The objective of the study was to find out the constraints faced by the commercial mango growers in efficient management of mango orchard. The major constraints faced by commercial mango growers showed that 100.00 percent of the commercial mango growers have faced the constraint of ‘dependency on nature, ‘high fluctuations in the market price’ (100.00 percent), ‘non availability of skilled labour during peak period’ (92.92 percent), ‘difficulty in getting updates of different markets’ (82.08 percent).