Constraint analysis of farmers operating mixed farming in Kerala.

摘要

This study was conducted to assess the production and marketing constraints associated with mixed farming in Palakkad and Thrissur districts of Kerala. The sample consisted of 300 farmers apportioned equally among coastal, plain, and high-range regions of the selected districts. Fifteen problems were reported by farmers in the production of crops and milk, of which four were common to both activities. Low productivity was an important problem, having a second rank in both. The most crucial problem in crop production was unavailability of land, while feed cost is the most important problem in milk production. Twelve problems were reported in total by the farmers with respect to marketing of crops and milk, of which three problems were common to both commodities. These general problems had more or less the same rank in both crop and milk marketing. Low price for the product was the most crucial in both cases. Equally important were transportation problem (cost or distance) and lack of marketing facilities.