Constraints Faced by the Farmers while Adoption of Risk Mitigation Measures in Nendran Banana

Abstract

Nendran is a commercial plantain variety in the southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka which occupies 50 per cent of total area under plantain in India. Its production in Kerala is highly dependent on nature.Even though banana is a remunerative crop, there are various kinds of risks that are encountered in its production and marketing. Farmers cultivating this crop suffered huge losses due to natural disasters, pest and disease outbreaks and fluctuation in prices. This study focuses the major constraints faced by farmers in the adoption of different risk mitigating measures during the production and marketing of banana. The major constraints faced by the banana growers were low price due to glut of output in market, complicated procedure for availing crop insurance and payment of rent in advance for leased in land.