Problems of farmers in purchase of pesticides in Tuticorin district

摘要

The nature and degree of problems faced by the farmers in the purchase of pesticides from various agencies have a significant bearing on the buying behaviour of the farmers. In order to analyse the problems in purchase of pesticides, a study was conducted with 120 sample respondents selected from three blocks in Tuticorin district. The major problems as perceived by the farmers were identified and also they were ranked based on the scores assigned by the farmers using Garett's ranking technique. This technique was employed to delineate the factors influencing the farmers to use the pesticides. The respondents were asked to assign rank to problems based on their experience. The order of merit, thus, given by the respondents was converted into ranks by using the following formula.