An investigation entitled “Constraints faced by the farmers in Blackgram production and marketing in Lalitpur

district of Uttar Pradesh” was conducted in blackgram grown four different development blocks of Lalitpur

district. Five villages from each block, 15 farmers from each village were selected randomly, so as to constitute

an ultimate sample size of 300 farm households. Primary data regarding constraints in production and marketing were collected by the survey method by interviewing the blackgram growers through an especially structured and pre-tested schedule. The major production constraints identified were high labour cost, unavailability of labour during peak period, involvement of uneducated members in farming, lack of latest technical knowledge, lack of finance and credit facilities, occurrence of diseases, high cost of pesticides and lack of good quality seeds. In marginal size category, high labour cost was a constraint to 97 per cent of the farmers. In small size category also, high labour cost was considered as a problem by 67 per cent of the farmers. But in semi-medium, medium and large size category of farms, the constraint like unavailability of labour during peak period was a problem to a majority 62 per cent, 58 per cent and 48 per cent of the farmers, respectively. The marketing constraints included lack of remunerative price for the produce, lack of marketing information, unorganized market, high commission charges, high cost of transportation and cheating by middlemen. In marginal size category, majority of the farmers faced the marketing problems resulting from lack of remunerative price for the produce, lack of market information, existence of unorganized market and high commission charges. Among these constraints, lack of remunerative price for their produce was noted to adversely affect 81 per cent of the farmer in this size category.