Adoption of Shankhpushpi production technology by the farmers in Barmer district

Abstract

Shankhpushpi is a Shankhpushpi rich medicinal plant. Shankhpushpi also plays important role in sustaining soil fertility by improving soil physical properties and leaves nitrogen effect for succeeding crops. The present study was conducted in Barmer, Chohtan and Baitu Tehsil of Barmer district of Western Rajasthan. Barmer district was purposively selected for the present investigation because it is one of the larger Medicinal crop district under dryland condition in Western region. Three talukas were selected based on maximum area under medicinal crop. From Chohtan Tehsil, 17 villages 52 respondents, and from Barmer Tehsil 5 villages 9 respondents were selected who were growing Shankhpushpi. The respondents expressed the constraints such as high cost of seeds which are also not available at village level, higher prices of labour and seed of Shankhpushpi and Marketing. Therefore to overcome to all these constraint, it is suggested that medicinal crop grows as a additional income of farmers and also give subsidy of inputs in this cultivation.