Constraints faced by banana growers in production of banana in Wardha district of Maharashtra

Abstract

The study aimed at understanding the constraints of banana growers regarding production.\rThe study was conducted in Wardha district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state being more\rconcentration of banana cultivation in this district (230 ha). From this district, two tahasil, were\rpurposively selected on the basis of large area under banana production. From these tahasil six\rvillages of banana growers and from each village 15 banana growers were selected for this study. The\rfrequency and percentage of each constraint were worked out to measure the constraint encountered\rby the respondents. Constraints faced by majority of the respondents were non- availability of electricity\rin time, losses due to high temperature, fertilizer cost, labour efficiency and other constraints faced by\rbanana growers like lacunae in government policies, subsidies for the banana suckers.