Technological Gap in Saffron Production Technology

Present study was designed to examine the technological gap by selecting 180 saffron growers from three purposively selected districts of Kashmir. The findings reflected that the highest technological gap 53.75 % was found in post harvest technology followed by 50.21 % was planting of seed corms. Further, technological gap was found in land preparation and manure/fertilizer application (49.62 %), plant protection (47.49 %) and irrigation and intercultural practices (44.71 %). The study also revealed that average technological gap was 55.73 per cent in small growers followed by medium growers (47.73 %) and big saffron growers (44 %).