Production and Marketing Constraints Faced by Sweet Corn Growers in Haryana

The present study was conducted in Sonipat district of Haryana state in India. To derive the inferences of the study, 20 farmers were chosen at random from each village, including Manoli, Bhaira Bankipur, Khurrampur and Pabsara which acted as ultimate unit of the sample. According to the frequency distribution to the cumulative total technique, the farmers were divided into four categories that are marginal, small, medium, and large. Data on marketing was gathered from wholesalers and retailers in the selected market i.e., Azadpur Mandi, Delhi. For collecting the primary data, a total of 80 farmers, wholesalers, and retailers were employed. Secondary data for the study was gathered from a variety of published and unpublished sources. In the study of sweet corn, the production constraints noticed were black marketing, stray animals, availability of quality seed, and non-availability of labor at peak season, harvesting cost, difficult availability of loans from regulated sources and lack of knowledge about value addition. The main marketing constraints observed from the analysis of the study that are malpractices in marketing of sweet corn, fluctuation of price of produce in the market, high cost of transportation, lack of processing facility, low selling price during May-June month, delay in sale of produce and lack of infrastructure facilities.