Adoption of banana farming practices and constraints of growers in Gulbarga district of Karnataka

The study conducted in Gulbarga district of Karnataka during 2010–11 revealed that most of the farmers (45.83%) belonged to medium level of adoption of banana farming practices. Cent per cent of banana growers adopted desuckering practices while 94.17, 91.67, 82.50 and 75.00 per cent had adopted variety, spacing, suckers type and FYM application practices respectively. The respondents indicated labour (94.17%) and electricity (90.83%) to be the most important problems faced by them. Around 75.00 per cent of the banana growers expressed the constraint of exploitation by middleman.