Constraints Faced by Banana Growers in Adoption of Recommended Production Practices in Fakharpur Block of Bahraich District in Uttar Pradesh

India is the largest banana producing nation in the world. Banana is the second important fruit of the world after apples. Commercial cultivation of banana occurs in about 23 territories in India in hot and temperate conditions. The study was conducted in Fakharpur block of Bahraich district Uttar Pradesh, to understand the constraints faced by Banana growers regarding improved production practices. From this district, one block were purposively selected on the basis of large area under banana production, randomly ten villages were selected purposively and from each village 12 banana growers were selected randomly for this study. The frequency and percentage of each constraint were worked out to measure the constraint encountered by the respondents. The major constraints faced by respondents were non-availability of electricity in time, high cost of fertilizer, labour efficiency and other constraints faced by banana growers like, lack of subsidies for the banana tissue culture plants.