Production Constraints of Vegetable Cultivation in West Tripura

In North-Eastern Region, Tripura is one of the potential states to increase the total vegetable production. The study was conducted as a part of On farm Trials (OFTs) of KVK, West Tripura with 210 numbers of farmers of seven Rural Development Blocks viz., Bishalgarh, Khowai, Padmabil, Kalyanpur, Tulashikar, Teliamura and Mohanpur of West Tripura district. The study revealed that out of the technological constraints; lack of knowledge of scientific crop production ranked I (79.52%), lack of frequent visit by extension personnel to villages ranked II (76.67%) and poor fertility of soil ranked III (72.38%). Again, as regards to the infrastructural constraints; less cultivable land ranked I (92.86%), non availability of quality seed ranked II (90.48%) and Non-availability of processing industries (value addition) ranked III (85.23%) whereas, out of the economical constraints; non-availability of labour during peak period ranked I (91.42%), non-availability of timely credit facilities ranked II (83.33%) and high cost of agricultural chemicals ranked III (74.28%).