Constraints faced by agri-input dealers in performance of extension roles to farmers in Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The research study was conducted to study the constraints faced by the agri-input. in Chhattisgarh plains of Chhattisgarh state. The sample was constituted 150 farm input dealers drawn from four district Raipur, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh and Dhamtari districts of Chhattisgarh. The respondents were interviewed with the help of a specially designed schedule for their challenges faced by them while providing proper quality of inputs and extension services to the farmers. A total seven type of major constraints were identified viz It is noted that financial constraints is ranked first (I) with weighted mean score 3.98. The constraints in product performance are ranked second (II) with weighted mean score 3.95. Managerial constraints is ranked third (III) with weighted mean score 3.42 followed by constraints faced in delivery of extension services to the farmers with weighted mean score of 3.05 Constraints in managing the farmers’ problem is ranked fifth (V) with weighted mean score 2.51 and constraints in availability of inputs is ranked last (VI) due to weighted mean score 2.33 among the all the constraints. Seasonality of agri-input trade is a major problem related to input-dealers.