National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
India is the largest producer of onion in the world after China. Karnataka is the third largest producer of onion in India after Maharashtra and Madya pradesh. Present study was conducted in Gadag district of Karnataka during 2017-18 using ex-post facto research design. Present study fully relies on the primary data collected by personal interview method using a pre-tested structured interview schedule. Major production related constraints expressed by onion growers were lack of knowledge about improved varieties, their seed/planting material, higher cost of fertilizers and pesticides, expensive labour wages and their non-availability, inadequate irrigation facilities, lack of suitable storage facilities and lack of capital. Major marketing related constraints expressed were low price/lack of remunerative prices, higher price fluctuation, involvement of middleman and commission agents, high commission charges, NAFED not purchasing onion regularly and lack of credit facilities. Major suggestions offered by onion growers were fixed rate/support price based on production cost, export of onion to foreign countries, crop demonstration about improved variety and on recent production technologies and subsidy on inputs like fertilizers, pesticides and electricity.
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