Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

Author(s):
Govind Prasad, RS Sengar and HK Awasthi

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Chhattisgarh state. Three districts namely, Sarguja from Northern Hills, Korba from Chhattisgarh Plains, and Kondagaon from Bastar Plateau zone were selected purposively. Twelve clusters from each district and six beneficiary farmers from each selected cluster were selected randomly. Thus, a total sample of 216 respondents was selected to identify the problems and to obtain suggestions to overcome the problems in the adoption of organic farming technology. The results showed that the unavailability of markets at the block level for selling organic produce, no minimum support price (MSP) for organic produce, lack of knowledge about effective control measures for insects pests and diseases, and low yield in organic farming were the important problems faced by the beneficiary farmers. The important suggestions given by beneficiary farmers were that the government should develop a market at the local level for organic produce, provide critical organic inputs at low prices to the organic farmers, govt. should have a separate organic certification department, and declare a minimum support price for organic produce.