Exploration of Agricultural Challenges which influence Agricultural Growth to Small and Marginal Farmers in Tamil Nadu

There are several challenges to farmers, however only few among them are discussed in this study. The agricultural challenges analysed in this study are as follows: small land holdings, seeds, manures and fertilizers, irrigation, lack of mechanization, soil erosion, agricultural marketing, inadequate storage facilities, transport and scarcity of capital. Demographic profiles taken in this study are as follows: residence, location, gender, age, education level, occupation, family members, family types and vehicles owned. Under this study major investigated problem is agricultural challenges to farmers. The study was made to know the significant relationship between agricultural challenges and demographic profile. Major concentrated demographic profile is vehicle used by small and marginal farmers and major concentrated agriculture challenge is agriculture market used by them. The major objective of this study is to know the demographic profile of small and marginal farmers in selected districts of Tamil Nadu and to explore the agriculture challenge of problems in marketing with demographic profiles of farmers. Population of this study is small and marginal farmers of Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu selected districts are taken as sample through stratified random sampling technique. It is recommended that farmers should own their vehicles for shifting their agriculture goods from one market to another for easy selling of goods to meet demand for their goods. This study also recommends enhancing the demographic profile of small and marginal farmers which will overcome the agricultural challenge of agricultural marketing. The study reveals there is significant relationship between the demographic profile and agricultural marketing.