International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2017, Volume : 5, Issue : 4
First page : (1135) Last page : (1140)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5662

Constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of Integrated crop Management in Chilli crop in Telangana

Salla Sowjanya* and R. Vijaya Kumari
Department of Agricultural Economics
PROF. JAYASHANKAR TELANGANA STATE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
*Corresponding Author E-mail: sowjanya.nsui@gmail.com
Received: 2.08.2017  |  Revised: 8.08.2017   |  Accepted: 10.08.2017  

 ABSTRACT

The paper studies on “Constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of Integrated crop Management in Chilli crop in Telangana”. The study was conducted in two districts of Telangana which are major chilli growing area are Warangal and Kammam. In this study was comparition between IPM and Non-IPM farmers. For the study, 30 ICM, 30 IPM and 30 Non- IPM farmers were randomly selected from two districts. The first source of market price information for all the two categories of farmers were the commission agents in the market with the mean scores of 73.33, 72.83 and 74.87 respectively for ICM, IPM and Non-IPM farmers. The analysis was done through the Guarette ranking. They are getting least information from Agricultural extension officer placed VI, VII and VI ranks for ICM, IPM and Non-IPM farmers respectively. Labour scarcity for farm operations, power cut, requirement of more labour for production of quality chilli and more expenditure towards plant protection chemicals were ranked first, second, third and fourth with mean scores of 71.03, 70.17, 63.17 and 59.40 respectively by ICM farmers. IPM farmers ranked power cut, labour scarcity for farm operations, high cost of plant protection chemicals and requirement of  more labour as  first, second, third and fourth problems with mean scores 70.83, 70.33, 63.43 and 62.33 respectively. These results reflect the need for farm mechanization to overcome the problem of labour shortage and solar system for power generation in the farm. Non IPM farmers ranked high cost of plant protection chemicals, power cut and Pest and disease outbreak as first, second and third constraints respectively.

Key words: IPM, Non- IPM, Constraints, Chilli crop.

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Cite this article: Sowjanya, S. and Kumari, R.V., Constraints faced by the farmers in adoption of Integrated crop Management in Chilli crop in Telangana, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.5(4): 1135-1140 (2017). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5662