SUMMARY :The present study was conducted in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh. Hundred farmers were selected randomly from five blocks namely Dharamjaigarh, Lailunga, Pusour, Baramkela and Sarangarh. The primary data were collected for the year 2013-14. The major findings of this study revealed that the average size of holding of the sample households was 3.19. Cost of production per quintal of pigeonpea showed decreasing trend with the increase in farm size, whereas cost of cultivation increased with the increase in farm size. Per hectare pigeonpea production and input-output ratio increased with the increase in farm size. The two marketing channels were identified for the marketing of pigeonpea: Channel-I: Producer -Village merchant. Channels-II: Producer -consumer. The major constraints pertaining to cultivation of pigeonpea were low adoption of recommended package practices of crops, followed by lack of technical knowledge and lack of financing. Constraints of marketing of pigeonpea were lack of regulated or co-operative market followed by lack of market intelligence and lack of storage facility. Study suggested establishing the regulated or co-operative market in Raigarh district and imparting the technical knowledge and extension support so that farmers can adopt improved technologies with assured irrigation facilities. It is essential to adopt the production system approach by linking the production technology, credit and marketing of pigeonpea, the study suggested.
The study was undertaken with the objective of examine the major constraints in production and prices of major food grains in Chhattisgarh and suggest suitable measures for improvement of the same. In order to achieve the objective of the study four district of Chhattisgarh state viz., Rajnandgaon, Bemetara, Kabirdham and Korea were selected, because paddy-wheat/gram, paddy-gram/wheat, soybean-gram and pigeonpea mustard cropping system were dominant in these districts, respectively. One block from each district namely Rajnandgaon, Bemetara, Kawardha and Baikunthpur were selected. Three villages were selected from the jurisdiction of each selected blocks. Twenty farmers from each village were selected randomly. Thus, in all two hundred forty farmers were selected for this study. The study was conducted for the crop year 2015-16. Finding of the study revealed that most of the respondents were in the age group of 18 to 40 years, educated upto high to higher secondary school and had operational land holding of 2.93 hectare. Majority of farmers were lacking the latest technical knowledge and recommended package of practices of the major food grains in the study area. In case of agricultural prices majority of farmers were unaware of minimum support prices of their all the crops due to low mass media exposer and extension contacts. Higher input prices and late payments for sold produce were also major constraints among selected farmers in study area.
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