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Constraints Faced by Orange Growers in Adoption of Orange Rootstock


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1 College of Agricultural Biotechnology, LONI Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
2 College of Agricultural Biotechnology, LONI, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
3 Department of Extension Education, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
     

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The study aimed at understanding the constraints of orange growers regarding orange ischolar_mainstock. The study was conducted in Morshi Panchayat Samiti of Amravati district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state being more concentration of orange cultivation in this Panchayat Samiti (6220 ha). From this Panchayat, Samit 10 villages were purposively selected on the basis of large area under orange. From these villages, 150 orange growers and 16 nursery growers were selected for this study. The frequency and percentage of each constraint were worked out to measure the constraint encountered by the respondents. Constraints faced by majority of the respondents were non- availability of ischolar_mainstock in time, non-availability of Rangpur lime ischolar_mainstock, non- availability of disease free ischolar_mainstock and high cost of ischolar_mainstock. Other constraints faced by orange growers were non-availability of ischolar_mainstock in large quantity and lacunae in government policies, subsidies for the ischolar_mainstock.

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Orange, Orange Rootstock, Constraints.
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Authors

R. M. Jadhav
College of Agricultural Biotechnology, LONI Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
J. S. Gaikwad
College of Agricultural Biotechnology, LONI, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
B. Suvarna Todmal
Department of Extension Education, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India
Kranti B. Torawane
Department of Extension Education, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth Rahuri, Ahmednagar (M.S.), India

Abstract


The study aimed at understanding the constraints of orange growers regarding orange ischolar_mainstock. The study was conducted in Morshi Panchayat Samiti of Amravati district in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra state being more concentration of orange cultivation in this Panchayat Samiti (6220 ha). From this Panchayat, Samit 10 villages were purposively selected on the basis of large area under orange. From these villages, 150 orange growers and 16 nursery growers were selected for this study. The frequency and percentage of each constraint were worked out to measure the constraint encountered by the respondents. Constraints faced by majority of the respondents were non- availability of ischolar_mainstock in time, non-availability of Rangpur lime ischolar_mainstock, non- availability of disease free ischolar_mainstock and high cost of ischolar_mainstock. Other constraints faced by orange growers were non-availability of ischolar_mainstock in large quantity and lacunae in government policies, subsidies for the ischolar_mainstock.

Keywords


Orange, Orange Rootstock, Constraints.