Year: 2017 | Month: December | Volume 4 | Issue 2
Economic and Production Constraints for Niche crops in Jammu & Kashmir
Sudhakar Dwivedi* and Pawan Kuamr Sharma
DOI:10.5958/2394-8159.2017.00011.1
Abstract:
The niche crops are considered imperative due to their unique characteristics and association to a particular limited region. The consumer’s preference towards these niche crops is mainly high due to the fact that their taste is good and different and is grown only in a specific area. The farmers all over India are engaged in production of such niche crops but whether the farmers are getting special reward or monetary benefits for production of these crops is still needs to be answered. The present study was conducted to identify constraints in production of niche crops namely basmati rice, saffron and pecan nut. The major constraint in basmati production was price fluctuation, followed by unavailability of irrigation water, market problem, poor technical assistance from department and problem of diseases. The low profitability, non-availability of inputs, poor quality of seed, shortage of labour and high cost of agricultural inputs were among the least ranked constraints. The major constraint faced by the farmers of Kishtwar district in the production of saffron was again the price fluctuation,followed by low production of saffron, market problem and degraded quality of seed. The unavailability of seed, problem of diseases and unavailability of irrigation water were among the least ranked constraints. The major constraint faced by the farmers of Poonch district in the production of pecan nut was high mortality of pecan nut trees. This was followed by inadequacy of irrigation water, problems of insect pests, low temperature during fruiting and unavailability of planting material. The lack of subsidy, lack of department support and high cost of inputs were among the least ranked constraints.
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