APPLICATION OF GARRETRANKING IN STUDYING THE PROBLEMS OF GINGER PRODUCTION OF WEST GARO HILLS DISTRICT OF MEGHALAYA

The present study was conducted in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya State to recognize the constraints in ginger production and marketing as perceived by the ginger growers. Garrett ranking was used. For this study, respondents was selected by using a random sampling method. To derive the inferences of the study, three blocks was selected for the present study. The study covered 300 farmers in the selected villages. Data collected for the study about the period 2021-22. Primary data was collected from selected ginger growers through personal interview methods with the help of a pretested schedule. The main production constraints noticed were problems of storage, disease occurrence, lack of access to credit, inadequate training facility, lack of quality seeds, fragmented land holdings, high cost of inputs, the problem of power supply, damage due to attack of wild animals and variability of rainfall. The main marketing constraints were high price fluctuations, high transportation charges, marketing through middlemen, non-availability of a large market in the locality, absence of market information, inadequate market infrastructure, high rent charges by market committee, absence of price support programs, lack of processing unit in the local area and lack of demand of produce.