The Constraints Faced by the Beneficiaries of Flds and Non-Beneficiaries for Adopting Paddy Production Technology

The Present investigation was conducted in the Navsari district of South Gujarat. Navsari is being considered as rice bowel of South Gujarat. So for as food grain crop cultivation is concerned, Navsari district have maximum area under paddy cultivation in South Gujarat. This district was selected purposively for the present-study. A comprehensive list of beneficiary farmers was collected from the KVK, N.A.U., Navsari. Total numbers of paddy demonstrations were 183. Sample size of 60 beneficiary farmers, the proportionate random sampling method were used and equal numbers of non-beneficiary farmers were also selected randomly from same villages. An Ex-post-facto research design was used in the present investigation. The major problems faced by respondents were ranked as under. I) High price of improved and hybrid seeds (81.67 per cent). II) Incidence of insect/pest and disease (80.00 per cent). III) Yellowing of seedlings at nursery stage (74.16 per cent). IV) Unawareness about the recommended dose of pesticides/fungicides (70.83 per cent). V) High price and non-availability of chemical fertilizers in required quantity in time (68.33 per cent).