Constraints in adoption and strategies to promote polyhouse technology among farmers: A multi-stakeholder and multi-dimensional study

ITIGI PRABHAKAR; K VIJAYARAGAVAN; PREMLATA SINGH; BALRAJ SINGH; JANAKIRAM JANAKIRAM; B L MANJUNATHA; SEEMA JAGGI; I SEKAR

doi:10.56093/ijas.v87i4.69404

Authors

ITIGI PRABHAKAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
K VIJAYARAGAVAN ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
PREMLATA SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
BALRAJ SINGH ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
JANAKIRAM JANAKIRAM ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
B L MANJUNATHA ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
SEEMA JAGGI ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012
I SEKAR ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi 110 012

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v87i4.69404

Keywords:

Adoption, Constraint, Market access, Polyhouse technology, Post-harvest infrastructure, Price policy, Stakeholder

Abstract

The study was conducted on 120 farmers and 30 agricultural researchers each of two states, viz. Maharashtra and Karnataka to delineate the constraints in adoption of polyhouse. The farmers faced environmental, technical, labour, economic and marketing constraints in harnessing profitability and sustainability of this technology. The major constraints in rapid adoption were high initial investment, poor availability of quality planting material and inputs, poor post-harvest infrastructure and absence of price policy measures. Farmers of Maharashtra were found to be better placed with respect to market access and availability of quality planting material. All the stakeholders agreed that R&D initiatives were required to develop low cost designs and reduce the cost of cultivation under polyhouse. Farmers' ability to successfully integrate this technology to suit their socio-economic and agro-ecological conditions would further affect its profitability and sustainability.

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