CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE FARMERS AND DEALERS IN PURCHASING AND SELLING FERTILIZERS IN BANASKANTHA DISTRICT OF NORTH GUJARAT
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
The present investigation was under taken with the basic objective to know the constraints faced by the farmers and dealers in purchasing and selling fertilizers. The multistage random sampling technique was employed for the study. The study was conducted in Banaskantha district of Gujarat state. Three talukas namely Deesa, Dantiwada and Tharad were selected randomly from the district. In the next stage, four villages from each taluka were selected randomly. Thus, total 12 villages were selected through random sampling technique. In the last stage, 10 farmers were selected randomly from each village for making a sample size of 120 farmers. Further, 10 dealers from each taluka were selected randomly. Thus, total 30 dealers were selected through random sampling technique. The primary data were collected from the respondents through a pre-structured interview schedule by personal interview technique. The statistical tools such as frequency and percentage were used. The major constraints faced by the farmers in purchase of fertilizers were high price and non-availability on required time of the fertilizers. Large majority (86.67%) of the dealers faced constraint of less bonus on more sales.
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