Problem Identification on Major Cereal Crops Production (A Case of Rupandehi, Nepal) Problem Identification on Major Cereal Crops Production (A Case of Rupandehi, Nepal)

Abstract

survey was conducted to identify problems on major cereal crop production in Rupandehi district. Three Village Development Committees (VDCs) were selected purposively from the district. Sample size of 60 as 20 from each VDCs was taken, and the survey was conducted with the face-to-face interview of the respondents. The collected data were analyzed through statistical package system. In descriptive statistics, frequency, mean, and standard deviation were used to analyze the data. The index value was used to identify the major problem of the major cereal crops. The major problems before the cultivation of cereal crops were found to be unavailability of hybrid seeds, weeds and grass problems, irrigation problems, labors and mechanization problems, and fertilizers and manures problems, etc. Different problems during cultivation of cereal crops were found to be irrigation problems, labor problems weeds, fertilizers, insects, pests, and disease. Similarly, the problems of storage house, storage insects, climate change, and weather condition and threshing problems, etc., were found to be the post-harvest problems in cereal crops cultivation.