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Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Constraints faced by the mango growers as well as to seek the suggestions to overcome the constraints faced by the mango growers in adoption of recommended dose of fertilizers

Author(s):
ND Kadaskar, Dr. HV Borate and Dr. MC Kasture
Abstract:
The study was conducted in Ratnagiri and Rajapur tehsils of Ratnagiri district and Devgad and Malwan tehsils of Sindhudurg district of Konkan region. The sample constituted 120 mango growers from 20 villages. The respondents were interviewed with the help of specially designed schedule. Ex-post facto research design (Kerlinger 1969) was used for the present study. The data was collected by personal interview. The analysis of data revealed that majority of the mango growers had constraints about inaccessibility to soil testing laboratories followed by lack of training for manure and fertilizer application, less detail knowledge about doses of FYM and chemical fertilizers, non-availability chemical fertilizers in time and adequate quantity followed by high cost of fertilizers and due to uneven and sloppy land, difficult to apply the fertilizers and management of orchards.
The analysis of data also revealed that major suggestions were to get available all type of fertilizers at cheaper rate, followed by to get available the fertilizers in time and adequate quantity and to get available an adequate and proper recommended doses of fertilizers chart.
Other suggestions that obtained were the government schemes/subsidy is expected on various recommended fertilizers followed by season based training on recommended dose of fertilizers and their applications from university and to get available easy access soil testing laboratory.
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How to cite this article:
ND Kadaskar, Dr. HV Borate, Dr. MC Kasture. Constraints faced by the mango growers as well as to seek the suggestions to overcome the constraints faced by the mango growers in adoption of recommended dose of fertilizers. Pharma Innovation 2022;11(12):5985-5987.

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