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International Journal of Home Science

2020, VOL. 6 ISSUE 3, PART B

Problem faced by farmers in cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants

Author(s): Pushpendra Kumar and Sangeeta Gupta
Abstract:
In modern trend of farming medicinal farming played a vital role in agri farming. Medicinal plants, since times immemorial, have been used in virtually all cultures as a source of medicine Therefore, present study entitled ‘‘ Problems of medicinal and aromatic plants cultivation ” was conducted in district Kanpur Nagar and district Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh state during the year 2015-2016 there are 2 blocks Bilhor and Kakori were randomly selected and. three village were randomly selected from the each block so six villages were randomly selected from the list of chosen block. From each village 20 farmers selected randomly thus, in all 120 respondents were selected.
Out of total respondents, majority of the respondents belonged to 45.8 percent respondents belonged to 40 and above 35.0 percent of farmers are educated up to primary level 65.8 percent respondents belonged to nuclear family system and 60.8 percent of respondents belonged to those families whose annual income was between Rs. 50,001-1,00,000. Major problems of the species for cultivation are: unavailability of markets, lower price, lack of knowledge about markets, no any security for risks and uncertainty for cultivation and marketing; no subsidy for cultivation and market facilities.
Pages: 71-72  |  867 Views  52 Downloads
How to cite this article:
Pushpendra Kumar, Sangeeta Gupta. Problem faced by farmers in cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants. Int J Home Sci 2020;6(3):71-72.

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