Constraints and Suggestions of Banana Growers in Drip and Flood Irrigated Systems

Investigation was carried out during the year 2007-08. From six villages of Ardhapur tehsil of Nanded district, forty eight drip irrigated and fourty eight flood irrigated banana growers were randomly selected for the study. Cross sectional data were collected from the banana growers with the help of pretested schedule by personal interview method. The frequency and percentage method was used to analyse the data. The results revealed that banana growers faced many problems like regular load shading of electricity for too long interval in day time that was expressed by 93.78 per cent and 89.58 per cent of drip and flood irrigated banana growers, respectively. Non-availability of labours for harvesting in time was next major problem which was expressed by 79.17 per cent and 72.92 per cent of drip and flood irrigated banana growers, respectively. To overcome these constraints it was observed that supply of electricity that was suggested by 87.50 per cent and 83.33 per cent of drip and flood irrigated banana growers, respectively.