Production constraints and suggestions of pulse based cropping system of farmers of Chhattisgarh plains

Abstract

The study was conducted on 320 pulse based cropping system practicing farmers in Chhattisgarh plains to ascertain their constraint and suggestion regarding pulses production. The selected pulse growing farmers have been interviewed personally with the help of a well-structured interview schedule. The findings of the study revealed that the major constraints reported by farmers in adopting pulse based cropping system were non-availability of information, adherence to tradition, lack of knowledge about marketing intelligence, technology as per farmer's requirement at appropriate time, low support price. The findings also indicated that majority of the respondents suggested that complete information should be available on time, required marketing assurance should be available for all commodities, information should be provide at villages time to time were major suggestion received from the respondents.