The present study was conducted in two districts of Western
Uttar Pradesh i.e. Meerut and Shamli.This study was conducted during the year
2018-19, to identify the constraints of tomato growers in adoption of improved
cultivation practices of tomato crop. Two blocks (one block from each district)
were selected purposively for the investigation, from each block 5 villages
were selected purposively thus total 10 villages were selected for the
investigation and from each village 16 respondents were selected randomly, thus
total sample size was of 160 respondents for the investigation. The major
constraints expressed by respondents were, good quality seeds were not
available in governmental sale centers at the sowing time, less number of grass
root extension worker, lack of knowledge about proper soil and seed treatment,
high cost of inputs i.e. seeds, fertilizers, insecticides and pesticides and
malformation of middle man in the markets.