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    PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF CONTRACT FARMING IN BABY CORN AND SWEET CORN
    (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2011) Anil Kumar
    The study entitled “Prospects and problems of contract farming in baby corn and sweet corn” was undertaken to know the awareness, satisfaction, prospects and problems of contract farming in baby corn and sweet corn in Ludhiana and Jalandhar districts of Punjab. The farmers having contractual arrangements for cultivation of baby corn and sweet corn with contracting agency- ‘Field Fresh Foods Private Limited’ were the respondents. A sample of 50 farmers from Ludhiana and 30 from Jalandhar was taken randomly by using probability proportional to number of farmers in each district. The data were collected through personal interview method. Findings of the study revealed 47.50 per cent of the respondents were in age group of 36-45 years; 26.75 per cent of the respondents were educated up to senior secondary; 63.75 per cent of the respondents belonged to nuclear family; 51.25 per cent of them had 3-5 family members; 52.5 per cent of the respondents had medium (10-25 acres) operational land holding; 40 per cent of them had 7-11 lacs annual income; 26.25 per cent and 27.5 per cent of the respondents had one year experience in contract farming of baby corn and sweet corn respectively; 46.55 per cent of the respondents had 2-6 acres area under baby corn and 53.12 per cent of them had 1-5 acres of operational area under sweet corn. A little more than half of the respondents (51.25%) had high risk bearing capacity and 86.25 per cent of them motivated for this venture due to expectation of more income. Majority of the respondents (93.75%) were not aware about the other companies involved in contract farming of baby corn and sweet corn and retail market of it. Nearly half of the respondents (52.50%) had heard about contract farming from extension workers of contracting agency. Majority of the respondents were satisfied with quality and quantity of seeds, quality and timeliness of advisory services, price and procurement method of the produce. Nearly 30 per cent of the respondents wanted to increase area under baby corn whereas nearly half of them (46.88%) intended to increase area under sweet corn cultivation. Intensive labour, transportation, lack of skilled labour and maintenance of quality were the main problems faced by the respondents, whereas difficult to motivate farmers to grow baby corn and sweet corn, lack of technical knowhow amongst the farmers and lack of awareness regarding contract farming among farmers were the major problems faced by the contracting agency. Contract farming, awareness, status, prospects, problems and satisfaction.