FARMERS PREFERENCE FOR ORGANIC FERTILIZERS IN CHIKKABALLAPUR DISTRICT OF KARNATAKA STATE
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41494
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University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK
Abstract
The present study was conducted in Chikkaballapur district to
understand the farmers preference and factors influencing in use of
organic fertilizers, identify different types and their brands of organic
fertilizers, market share of major companies in organic fertilizers and the
problems in marketing of organic fertilizers. The data was collected from
selected villages of Chikkaballapur and Chintamani taluks, from (80)
farmers and (10) retailers. Fifty-five per cent of the farmers in
Chikkaballapur and Forty per cent in Chintamani taluk prefer organic
fertilizers. Majority of the farmers applied compost type of organic
fertilizers followed by bio-fertilizers and manure type of organic fertilizers.
Farmers have choice of eleven brands of organic fertilizers. The
traditional kind of organic fertilizers in rural India the FYM was not
available or cost was more as the major reasons for preferring branded
organic fertilizers the other important factors was increased yields. CIL in
Chikkaballapur and MCF in Chintamani taluks are market leaders in
organic fertilizers. The major problems encountered by farmers in
purchasing of organic fertilizers are poor quality of organic fertilizers and
non availability of certified branded organic fertilizers and the companies
encountered problems in marketing of organic fertilizers are lack of
awareness of branded organic fertilizers by farmers and non acceptance
by retailers. The awareness among the farmers is very low and the
developments department can popularize the advantage of applying
organic fertilizers.