Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Increased edible oil demand in the country propel to probe the production constraints in oilseeds cultivation. Andhra Pradesh is one of the major states in India in terms of area and production of important oilseed crops. Present study investigates the production constraints faced by the farmers in groundnut, sesame and sunflower cultivation in the state. Stratified multistage random sampling technique was adopted for the sample design encompassing the sample size of 440 oilseed farmers. Sampled farmers were personally interviewed with the help of pre-tested schedules. Garrett’s ranking technique was used to rank the intensity indicated by the respondents among different constraints. To conclude, factors viz., the lower spread of suitable high yielding varieties/hybrids, moisture stress, high costs of production; untimely availability of inputs; low and fluctuating prices were found to be some of the key production constraints confronted at the farm level for the cultivation of all the three important oilseed crops in the state.