A Study on Problems and Prospects of Farmers in Production of Organic Jaggary

The Kolhapur district is the basket of the jaggary. Nearly eleven hundred jaggary preparation units are working (Feb., 2009) in this district. The farmers from Kolhapur district are preparing and selling organic jaggary. The study was undertaken in purposively selected Kolhapur district of Maharashtra state. The data were collected from 20 organic jaggary making farmers. Majority of them followed pre and post harvest practices of organic jaggary making like land preparation (100.00 %), use of pair row planting method for the supply of green manuring (100.00 %), use of organic manures (100.00 %). The respondents faced the constraints like decline in the yields in initial period (90.00 %), lack of separate market for organic jaggary (100.00 %) and lack of storage facility during rainy season (100.00 %), lack of guidance for certification (100.00 %).