Constraints Faced by Fruit Nursery Growers in District Kulgam of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to analyse the constraints faced by fruit nursery growers in district Kulgam of Jammu and Kashmir. The study is based on personal interview with 218 fruit nursery growers of the district. The study found that the constraints faced by the fruit nursery growers include non-availability of seedlings/planting materials, lack of training facilities, inadequate funds, electricity/power cuts and irrigation under production and potential buyers unaware of existing nurseries, less margin/ low profit, low sales, price fluctuation and instability of policies on seedling production under marketing. Government should come up with different programmes and policies in order to support and help fruit nursery growers by providing them with different subsidies. The agriculture and horticulture departments should develop close linkages with fruit nursery growers and provide timely guidance to them relating to their problems