Year: 2022 | Month: December | Volume 11 | Issue 4
Constraints Faced by Officials and Farmers in Implementing Vegetable Development Programme
Akhila V.*
Durga A.R.
T. Paul Lazarus
Aswathy Vijayan
Shruthy O.N.
Pratheesh P. Gopinath
DOI:10.46852/2249-6637.04.2022.6
Abstract:
Kerala is a state with invariant demand for vegetables for home consumption. But the production of vegetables in the state is very
low when compared to other states, which makes it a consumer state for vegetables. To meet this production insufficiency, Govt.
of Kerala launched Vegetable Development Programme (VDP) in the year 2012. The present study entitled “Constraints faced by
officials and farmers in implementing Vegetable Development Programme” was carried out in the Malappuram district of Kerala.
Untimely sanction of the subsidy, reluctance of youngsters to participate in VDP, and lack of supporting staff were reported as
the significant constraints faced by agri officials while implementing the program. Whereas the significant constraints faced by the
farmers were stated as high labor costs followed by price fluctuations of the products and problems in marketing the product the
farmer.
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