Constraints Perceived by the Tribal farmers in cultivation of Buckwheat in Gurez, J&K

Abstract

The present research paper identifies the socio-economic characteristics and constraints perceived by farmers involved in buckwheat cultivation. The paper also comes out with the future prospects of cultivation of this pseudo millet in selected villages of the tribal valley of Gurez, where the buckwheat is cultivated. The study was conducted in three villages of block Bagtore. The villages selected for the study had a sizeable number of farmers cultivating buckwheat; 30 farmers were selected randomly from the list of total 150 farmers from the three villages namely Tarbal, Dangan and Bagtore. The data was collected with the help of pre-structured interview schedule and the collected data was then subjected to appropriate statistical analysis to obtain the results such as the socio-economic status of the farmers involved in the cultivation of Buckwheat crop and the constraints as perceived by the concerned farmers in Buckwheat cultivation