CRISIS MITIGATION MECHANISM AND TRAINING NEED OF SUGARCANE GROWERS- AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Abstract

A study was conducted to find out the Crisis Mitigation Mechanisms and Training needs of Sugarcane growers in Southern Karnataka during 2022-23. Mandya and Mysore district of Karnataka were selected purposively for the study. Mandya and Maddur blocks in Mandya district and Nanjanagud and Narasipura blocks in Mysore district were selected randomly. Eight villages, two from each block and 120 sugarcane growers, 15 from each village, with minimum five years of experience in sugarcane cultivation were selected as respondents randomly. Blocks, villages and respondents are selected through multistage simple random sampling. Data were collected with structured interview schedule through physical interview method. Statistical tools like frequency, percentage, SD, CV, RBQ, equidistant method was used for data analysis. Food grains, fuel storage followed by fodder storage and relocating to safer places are usually adopted as mitigation measures. They are less aware about various crisis mitigation mechanism to be taken at individual level like contingency crop planning, crop insurance etc. 50 per cent of the sugarcane growers belongs to medium crisis mitigation mechanism adoption category. It was found that they were in need of trainings on IPM, INM, organic farming, entrepreneurship and community disaster management. Training about individual approaches like contingency crop plannings, crop insurance and community approaches of disaster for crisis management to be provided. 43.33 per cent of the sugarcane growers were in high need of training for crisis management. Price crisis was the major crisis faced by farmers followed by labour and finance crisis. Provision of strict law from government to stop delayed payment by factories and maintaining uniform price for sugarcane farmers to be introduced.