Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University Agriculture & Technology, Meerut
Online published on 18 May, 2012.
The present study was conducted during the year 2007–08 n Muzaffer Nagar district of western Uttar Pradesh. To know the infrastructural profile and constraint's of cut flower growers. It was observed that the most of cut flower grower were fully satisfied from availability of market in the vicinity, planting meterials, transport facility, credit facility, marketing information, farm advisory service from KVK scientists/Agril. extension workers, fertilizers sale depots and availability of literature on cut flower cultivation. Partially satisfied from auction platform and unsatisfied from covered space of loading-unloading, platform of post harvesting, cold storage, processing at farm level, training programmes, demonstration, packaging materials and improved implements. The major constraints of cut flower grower were: problem of wild animals ranked in first, problem of land shifting ranked in second, problem of eratic supply of electricity ranked in third, less provision of flower fair/exhibitions ranked in fourth, problem of interference of middleman in credit facility and marketing system ranked in fifth and sixth respectively, lack of technical communication facilities ranked in seventh, problem of unnecessary charges by police man at barrier/police chouki ranked in eight place.
Cut flower growers, infrastructural profile, constraints, primary and secondary data
