Swot Analysis and Suggestions, Opinion of Respondents on Contract Farming

Abstract

This article focused on the SWOT analysis and suggestions, opinions of respondents on contract farming. The study was conducted in two districts of Karnataka state viz., Bangalore Rural and Tumakuru. Two taluks each from each district, Tumakuru and Gubbi taluks from Tumakuru district, and Nelamangala and Doddaballapura taluks from Bangalore Rural district were selected. A total of three crops were selected purposively, namely Gherkin, Watermelon, Tomato. The respondents were selected based on simple random sampling techniques; the sample size was Gherkin 35, Tomato 35, Watermelon 10, and noncontract farmers 20 from each taluk of two districts.