International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
VG Yewale, KJ Chaudhari, SM Wasave, SV Patil, BM Yadav, AU Pagarkar, BV Naik, SC Kamble and BT Sawant

abstract
Department of Fisheries (DoF) officials play a key role in developing and implementing various schemes and policies for fisheries development in their respective states. Several fisheries development programmes are implemented in the state for development of marine fisheries. The current study was carried out with the objective of assessing the various constraints faced by the DoF officials in the Konkan region, Maharashtra. Constraints faced by DoF officials were categorised as ‘Extension and Training’, ‘Administrative and Management’, ‘Technical’, ‘Input supply’, ‘Social’, ‘Feedback’, ‘Financial’, ‘Physiological’ and ‘General’. Weighted average technique was used to analyze and rank various constraints faced by officials. Information was collected from 36 DoF officials from 4 districts of Konkan region of Maharashtra. The study revealed that administrative and management constraints ranked first with weighted average score of 15.09 followed by financial constraints (14.60), input supply constraints (14.50) and social constraints (14.33). Among the administrative and management related constraints pressure from higher officers was highest. In financial constraints salary is less as compared to nature of work ranked first. Highest input supply related constraints were inadequate input supply whereas under the social related constraints less time to participate in social programme ranked first. The study suggested to address the constraints faced by fisheries officials of DoF.