Vol. 12, Issue 5 (2023)

Author(s):
Saurav D Vahora, Shiv Raj Singh, Kishan N Patel and Kaushik J Antiya

Abstract:
Study on constraint analysis of Mustard was carried out during agriculture year 2021-22. The study was conducted at Banaskantha districts of North Gujarat region which account 73.70 percent of the total mustard area of the state. Taluka, villages and sample farmers was selected by adopting multistage sampling technique. Two Talukas were purposively selected from Banaskantha district viz., Tharad and Dhanera. Five villages were randomly selected from each selected taluka. Twelve mustard growing farmers were selected randomly from each selected village. Thus, total of 2 talukas, 10 villages and 120 mustard growing farmers were selected for study. For this study total of 20 market functionaries were randomly selected from Dhanera and Lakhani regulated markets. Ten processors were selected from Banaskantha district. The primary data were collected by using well designed pre-tested interview schedule for the Rabi season of 2021-22. The secondary data were collected from the records of Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GoI, and Directorate of Horticulture, GoG, Gandhinagar. Major problems faced by mustard growing farmers in production werelack of awareness and high price of plant protection chemicals and by high inputs cost for mustard cultivation, respectively. Lack of marketing information and higher cost of labour and transportation considered as important marketing constraints from the view point of farmers.