Management Efficiency of Banana Growers in Navsari District of Gujarat

The recent advances in banana production technology have demonstrated that scientific management has great potential for increasing the banana production. Therefore, raising management efficiency is of paramount importance for banana producer. This will open up new vistas and make possible for banana growers to achieve substantial gains in income. There are number of factors affecting the banana production. Management is one of the most important factors which help the banana grower to exploit natural resources and accumulate capital. The efficient use of resources depends to a greater extent on how banana growers acquire and adopt new innovations in the banana cultivation in effective manner to reach higher levels through their management efficiency. Our country has became self reliant in food grains, so the focus has been now shifted for improving returns from unit area, developing a strong export base and attempting towards nutritional security to the masses through promotion of horticultural crops. India holds a vast potential for developing horticulture sector on much wider scale.