Constraints Faced by the Beneficiaries in the Use of Farm Pond in Marathwada Region

The present investigation was conducted in Parbhani district of Marathwada region in Maharashtra state. The main objective of the study was to study the constraints faced by the beneficiaries in use of farm pond. The data were collected through personal interview with the help of interview schedule by contacting 80 beneficiaries. The result revealed that majority (75.00%) of the beneficiaries were having medium farming experience, followed by 26.25 per cent of the beneficiaries were educated upto secondary school level, while 50.00 per cent of the beneficiaries were having semi-medium land holding. Whereas 75.00 per cent of the beneficiaries were having medium area under irrigation, while 80.00 per cent of the beneficiaries were having medium family size. It was also found that 87.50 per cent of the beneficiaries were having low social participation, whereas 52.50 per cent of the beneficiaries were having medium level of extension contact, and 52.50 per cent of the beneficiaries were having medium level of economic motivation, followed by 63.75 per cent of the beneficiaries were having medium risk preferences. Major constraints faced by beneficiaries were higher labour wages, non - availability of credit in time, inadequacy of capital and lack of field demonstration. Beneficiaries faced problem of unavailability of labour or J.C.B., faced problem of more cost for J.C.B. than labour, faced problem of presence of agriculture assistant for taking photo, faced problem of lack of proper leadership, faced problem of lenthy time required for completing procedure, problem of unavailability of loan.