Constrains Faced By Paddy Crop Farmers In Kurnool District Of Andhra Pradesh: An Empirical Analysis

Abstract

Paddy is one of the most important cereal crops cultivated worldwide. The irrigated rice area currently occupies about 56 per cent of the total area and contributes to 76 per cent of the total production. India ranks first in rice area and second in production at the world level. Asian countries cover more than 90 per cent under paddy area which accounts about 92 per cent of world’s production and Asians consumes about 90 per cent of global production the major growing countries being China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Japan, Pakistan, Burma and Brazil.  In India it is the most important cereal food crop, which occupies about 24 per cent of gross cropped area of the country. It contributes 42 per cent of total food grain production and 45 per cent of total cereal production of the country. The average productivity of rice in India, at present, is 2.2 tons/ha, which is far below the global average of 2.7 tons/ha. The productivity of rice is higher than that of Thailand and Pakistan but much lesser than that of Japan, China, Vietnam and Indonesia. The specific objectives of the present study were to examine the social status of sample respondents (paddy farmers) in agricultural sector of Kurnool district; and to analyse the problems like technical, economic, cultivation, production and marking problems and specifically the prospectus of paddy farmers in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. The primary data were collected through interview schedule method. The study will be revenue division-wise at the first stage (Adoni, Kurnool and Pattikonda). One mandal was selected from each of the three revenue division in the District.  In the next stage of sampling, from each  mandal two villages were selected. In each village 25 sample paddy farmers were selected.  Altogether 150 farmers were selected for the final study.