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Constraints Faced by Sugarcane Respondents of Belagavi and Bagalkote District of Karnataka


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The present study was conducted in Belagavi and Bagalkote district in north Karnataka during the year 2018-19 with the objectives to Asses the constraints faced by sugarcane respondents. Ex-post-facto research design was undertaken for the present study. Major constraints faced by sugarcane respondents were inadequate water supply (87.50 %), followed by non-availability of labours (81.67 %), timely availability of credit (76.67 %), irregular supply of electricity (75.00 %), high wages of labours (74.16 %), low price (58.33 %), high cost of inputs (45.83 %). Sugarcane growers also faced problems like inadequate credit (35.00 %), lack of technical guidance (25.83 %), transportation (21.67%), high interest rate on loan (15.83 %) and inadequate subsidy (09.17 %).

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Credit, Input, Wage, Technical Guidance, Subsidy.
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Authors

H. P. Lavanya Raj
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Agriculture College, Bijapur (Karnataka), India
S. G. Aski
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Agriculture College, Bijapur (Karnataka), India

Abstract


The present study was conducted in Belagavi and Bagalkote district in north Karnataka during the year 2018-19 with the objectives to Asses the constraints faced by sugarcane respondents. Ex-post-facto research design was undertaken for the present study. Major constraints faced by sugarcane respondents were inadequate water supply (87.50 %), followed by non-availability of labours (81.67 %), timely availability of credit (76.67 %), irregular supply of electricity (75.00 %), high wages of labours (74.16 %), low price (58.33 %), high cost of inputs (45.83 %). Sugarcane growers also faced problems like inadequate credit (35.00 %), lack of technical guidance (25.83 %), transportation (21.67%), high interest rate on loan (15.83 %) and inadequate subsidy (09.17 %).

Keywords


Credit, Input, Wage, Technical Guidance, Subsidy.

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