Constraints for vegetable production in the hilly regions of Jammu division

Vegetables provide essential vitamins, minerals, fibre and nutrients that are important for good health. The daily requirement of vegetables in human diet in India is 300g/day/person but we are able to produce only 245g/day/person still short of 55g/day/person. In India about 60 vegetables are being grown however, a planned development in the field of vegetable production to improve the nutritional availability for masses is still required. Vegetable farmers of district Poonch of Jammu and Kashmir are facing various constraints in vegetable production so the study entitled “Constraints in vegetable production in the hilly areas of Jammu Division” was conducted in three vegetable growing villages covering marginal, small, and big farmers (20 from each category totaling 60 in number). A pre tested interview schedule was prepared to collect the data and appropriate statistical procedure was employed to analyze the data for different constraints like social, organizational, technology transfer and economic. The study revealed that mean score for all these constraints were higher among marginal farmers as compared to small and big farmers for vegetable production in Poonch district.