Constraints in potato cultivation faced by the potato growers

The study intended to know the personal profile of potato growers and constraints being faced by them. 150 potato growers were selected for this study from 5 villages of 2 selected blocks of Jalandhar district by using non-probability sampling method. Regarding the socio-personal characteristics of the potato growers, the study revealed that 54.66 per cent of the respondents were from the age group of 40–55 years. 32.66 per cent of them were matriculate and more than 50 per cent of them were having 2 to 38 acres operational landholding. Further, it was found that majority of potato growers (92.00%) followed rice-potato-fallow rotation. 68.00 per cent had medium mass media exposure. 58.66 per cent respondents had 1 to 33 acres area under potato cultivation and majority of them had 8–12 years of experience in potato growing. Majority of the respondents reported non-availability of disease resistant varieties and 68.00 per cent reported labour as the major problem. Maximum number of respondents reported that there was no support price fixed by the government for potato crop.