International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
HM Vasava, DJ Modi, LM Patil and MM Patel

abstract
Bharuch district in Gujarat is one of the important areas for vegetables cultivation, Indian bean is one of the most popular perennial vegetable Crops in India. Basically, Indian bean is a multi-purpose crop which is being primarily grown for its green pod. This crop normally grown by the farmer in rainy season with mix cropping and inter cropping in tribal area of Bharuch district. However, it is consumed as vegetable, pulse and forage. In India, most of the rural people grow this vegetable at home. It was observed that there is a wide gap in adoption of improved cultivation practices. Looking to the importance of the problem, a study was conducted on constraints faced by Indian bean growers in adoption of improved Indian bean production technology. This study concluded the it may be concluded that most important constraints faced by the Indian bean growers were high cost of improved variety seeds, fertilizers, and agro-chemicals, Fluctuations in prices, High incidence of pests and diseases, Lack of knowledge to diagnose the pests and diseases in the crop. Major suggestion given by farmers for the overcome the constraints is Quality of seeds, fertilizers, agro-chemicals and inputs timely available with low cost, Input should be supplied at subsidized rate, Rate of produce should be regulated, Timely technical guidance should be provided to the farmers and Need to increase small farm mechanization.