CONSTRAINTS IN ADOPTION BEHAVIOUR OF IMPROVED POTATO PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AMONG THE FARMERS OF MEERUT DISTRICT (UP)

Agriculture is the prime source of all round development of our country, where crop husbandry contribute significantly towards total economy of our nation. In the context of food requirement of our burgeoning population, potato is one of the important crop for meeting this demand as a wholesome food. The present study was conducted during 2018-19 in purposively selected area Meerut covering 06 villages and a sample of 120 potato growers was selected through proportionate random sampling method. The study revealed that the major constraints for the adoption potato production technologies faced by the potato growers were Fall in Potato price due to influctations in price (93.33%), Shortage of labour as another constraints (87.50%), middlemen interference in purchase(86.66), high cost of input(46.66) etc. few other constraints were also there.