Different Constraints affecting sugarcane production and suggestions forimprovement of sugarcane area and production in Telangana state

The study was conducted in the sugarcane growing districts namely Nizamabad,
Kamareddy, Medak, Wanaparthy and Khammam, where the total (six) sugar factories were
located in Telangana. The area under sugarcane cultivation declined from 0.35 lakh hectares
in 2017-18 to 0.28 lakh hectares in 2021-22. To find out the problmes encountered by the
farming community was try to identified during our field visits to various sugar factory
regions, farmers were personally interviewed to understand the situation and gather their
perspectives.The total 120 number of farmers were selected randomly with 20 number per each
factory jurisdiction randomly. The structure schedule was developed keeping in view of the
objectives and variables to be studied. The responses were collected personally for data
collection. Among the different 6 type of constrains Viz. situation constraints, technological
constraints, financial constraints, managerial constraints, crop management constraints,
infrastructural constraints were identified. ‘Shortage of labour for intercultural operations’ got
1st rank in the situational constraints. Lack of knowledge about pest and disease control got 1 st
rank in the technological constraints. High wage rate of labours during for harvesting got 1 st
rank in financial constraints. Poor turnout by labourer’s 1 st rank in managerial constraints.
Occurrence of heavy weed growth got 1 st rank in crop management constraints. Lack of
adequate machineries got 1 st rank in infrastructural constraints.