Study of constraints in cultivation of major crops of Hingoli district

The major crops of the district are soybean ,turmeric, cotton, pigeon pea, red gram and gram. This district suffers from various natural calamities like climate change, flood, droughts and non season rainfall and changes in temperature,urbanization, and fragmented land holding. To overcome above problems in agriculture there is need to commercialize agriculture, change is farming system, cropping pattern and adoption of allied agricultural related activities in order to ensure an all-round development of farming families and improving standard of living of farmers from Hingoli district.The present study was conducted in Hingoli district of Marathwada region of Maharashtra State. From nineteen villages 110 KVK connected farmers were selected purposively for present study. The data were collected using a well-structured and pretested interview schedule by covering all dimensions. It was revealed that 75.45% and 45.45% of respondents faced constraints of girdle beetle infestation and shattering problem in soybean, while 51.81 % wild animals attack, 35.45 % lack of awareness about market price of crops and constraints in cultivation of major crops.