Constraints in Adoption of Improved Tomato Production Technologies in Chatra District of Jharkhand

Tomato is one the most important cash crops of Chatra district of Jharkhand which is grown round the year. However, the improved tomato production technologies have not reached at the farmers’ field. Therefore, A study was conducted to identify the constraints faced by farmers in adoption of the improved tomato production technologies in four purposively selected blocks of Chatra district where tomato was grown round the year. In each block, two villages and 20 tomato growers from each village were selected as respondents, thus making a total of 160 respondents for the study. Constraints identified were grouped into four categories i.e. input, financial, technical and marketing constraints. Results indicated that financial constraints and marketing constraints were most perceived by the tomato growers followed by technical constraints, where the input constraints were perceive least by the tomato growers.