Constraints Experienced and Suggestions Offered to Enhance Eco-Friendly Sustainable Cotton Cultivation

The study was carried out in Bharuch and Narmada districts of Gujarat state to identify the various constraints faced by cotton growers in eco-friendly sustainable cotton cultivation. A random sample of 240 cotton growers was selected from Bharuch and Narmada districts and the constraints faced by the scarcity of labours during critical operations followed by scanty technical and in time advice about eco-friendly from line department, high exploitation from the traders, irregular supply of electricity, high cost of inputs, absence of APMC based regulated market, fluctuations in market rate, irregular supply of irrigation, non-availability of credit, high cost of transportation and complexity in getting cotton crop insurance.