Question

Constraints faced by the farmers in crop production

Answer 1

Small and fragmented land-holdings: ...

Seeds: ...

Manures, Fertilizers and Biocides: ...

Irrigation: ...

Lack of mechanisation: ...

Soil erosion: ...

Agricultural Marketing:

Answer 2

The major constraints to crop productivity (Table 2) included rainfall variability (CV = 0.30), shortage of inputs, low soil fertility, and cropsdamaged by elephants. Farmersranked the constraints they faced incrop production according to the extent to which they affected food security and income generation.