International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Shivani, PK Pandey, Priyanka Sahu and Kuldeep Tandan

abstract
This study was conducted on study on status and utilization of farm implements by the rice growers in Dhamtari district of Chhattisgarh during the year 2023-2024. Rice is India's most crucial cereal food crop, accounting for one-fourth of the country's total cropped area. As per the study report of IARI New Delhi average farm power availability was 0.72 kW/ha in the Chhattisgarh state in year 2001-02 as compared to the national average farm power availability (1.6 kW/ha). Chhattisgarh is often called the "Rice Bowl of India" because of its extensive rice cultivation during the Kharif season, which plays a significant rolein the country's rice production. Only 23.00% of Chhattisgarh's cultivated land is irrigated. Rice is grown on 4,040.9 hectares, producing 8 million tonnes annually with a productivity rate of 1.98 tonnes per hectare. The constraints faced by the farmers in use of implements in rice cultivation are economic constraints, extension constraints, technological constraints and infrastructural constraints, among the four categories of constraints studied.