Restrictions Faced by the Input Dealers in Disseminating Accurate Agricultural Advisories and Agro Input Services to the Farming Community of Harda District (M.P.), India

The agricultural inputs are the backbone for better crop production and protection now a day due highly vulnerable weather conditions occurrence of multiple diseases and insect pests' infestation being seen in the crop production system continuously.The people deals with the selling of the agricultural inputs for different crops are called input dealers they may also considered as the para extension workers in the district.They have very influential role in agric production system as input service providers and information sources for the farming community.Input dealers may provide various types of agri-based information, other extension services; financial services/credit based input supply etc. to the farmers of their touch.It also has been confirmed by many other studies that the input-dealers play a prominent role in the dissemination of a new technology based on agri-input like insecticide, pesticide and micro and macro fertilizers.Agroinput dealers are sellers of agricultural inputs that may include wide range like different crop's improved seeds, different kinds of fertilizer, crop protection based chemicals, improved farm equipments and other machineries, veterinary medicines and animal feeds at different rural connected places.The response of 240 input dealers was received from the three selected blocks of district Harda, MP during 2019-2022 for this study.The important restriction as dependent variable directly responsible for better input dealing venture were found the need of technical training for input dealers (89.16per cent) was perceived by input dealers as their main constraint and ranked first followed by financial recovery from farmers, lack of agricultural technical knowledge, irregular supply of input in critical need of time, lack of loan facilities to extend business profile further, non availability of quality seeds of major crops, lack of government department support in different legal formalities, inadequate support received from government extension personnel, credit based input dealing, unpredictable attitude of farmers and insufficient own storage facilities during the study.The most important feedback or suggestions given by input dealers to surmount the restrictions or impediments were admitted as exposer field visits for better agricultural technical knowledge should be arranged by government department with agri-experts/ extension scientists was perceived by input dealers (84.17per cent ) and was ranked as first followed by training should be given to the license holder input dealers by the government agri-experts/ extension scientists regularly, farmer should purchase the inputs in cash mode or early recovery of credit based sale should be maintained/time bound or assured, training need based diploma course are to be offered to input dealers for knowledge improvement and technological temperament and better agroinput services by input dealers etc.So that the agricultural development can be catered through farmers and input dealers with maintaining their emotional, financial, social bond in each other.