Vol. 9, Issue 8 (2020)

Author(s):
Siddhant Mishra, VK Singh, Harendra Pratap Singh Choudhri, Abhishek Mishra and Naveen Kumar

Abstract:
Keeping in the view of Constraints causing technological gap in Potato Production Technology, total 125 farmers from five villages of the Chhibramau block in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh. Using a pre-structured interview schedule, a study was carried out with a sample of 25 respondents from each village. The results of the study depicted that according to degree of seriousness of constraints, the constraint under socio-psychological was found most important constraints, i.e. ‘Skilled farm workers are hardly available’. Under economic constraints the most important constraints i.e. ‘Costly diesel charges, and ‘Corruption of credit sanctions,. Under technological constraints, the most important constraints was ‘Non-availability of quality HYV seeds,Under transportation constraints, the most important constraints, was ‘Indigenous transport-means viz., Bullock cart, Dunlop, Tonga take much time and causes more inconveniences in transporting the products, Under post-harvest technological constraints, the most improvement constraints was ‘Lack of space in house of potato farmers for storing the products. The suggestive measures to overcome the constraints in potato production technology as perceived by the respondents were “suitable approach for the safeguard of the crop against the animal (blue calf) (73.33%). Most of the remedial suggestion being made in the view of the expressed opinion of the respondents, observation of the investigator, appropriate farm field fencing.