Constraints perceived by beneficiaries in adoption of fisheries development programmes in Konkan region, Maharashtra

Maharashtra state has vast fisheries resources at its disposal and considered as one of the vital maritime state in India. The current study was carried out with the objective of understanding the various constraints faced by the beneficiaries in the Konkan region, Maharashtra in adoption of schemes/programmes. The constraints faced by beneficiaries were categorized as social, financial, infrastructure, core fisheries and administrative constraints. The weighted average technique was used to analyze and rank various constraints faced by beneficiaries. Information was collected from 200 fishers from 4 coastal districts of Konkan region, Maharashtra. The study revealed that core fisheries constraints ranked first with weighted average score of 81.72 followed by financial constraints (80.05) as second, infrastructure (78.76) as third, administrative (75.54) as forth and social constraints (73.89) as least ranked constraints. Among the core fisheries related constraints availability of input (diesel) was highest. In financial constraints increasing price of diesel ranked first. Highest infrastructure related constraints were poor landing and berthing facilities whereas under the social related constraints conflicts in the area of fishing ranked first. The study suggested that, more efforts are needed to address the various constraints faced by beneficiaries in adoption of schemes/programmes.