Constraints faced by the farmers in rejuvenation of mango orchards in South Konkan region of Maharashtra

Abstract

Rejuvenation of mango orchard is a good technology useful for increasing production of mango orchard. There is lot of saving on labour as well as inputs on different operations like harvesting and plant protection. Efforts are made in the paper to identify the different constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of the technology. Data of 40 rejuvenated and 40 non-rejuvenated mango orchards were collected by survey method and results are presented. It was observed that, net income obtained from rejuvenated orchard was more as compared to non-rejuvenated orchard. Labour saving was also more in rejuvenated orchards. But farmers are not following rejuvenation practices. Hence, the study was conducted to find the reason or constraints faced by farmers in rejuvenated orchard. In rejuvenated group 75 per cent farmers stated that the major constraint faced by them was lack of technical knowledge regarding rejuvenation practices followed by 70 per cent farmers who opined that lack of knowledge about spraying and time of spraying, high cost of labour and non-availability of insecticides and pesticides in time.