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Abstract
The objectives of the study are: to identify the demographic profile of mango cultivating farmers in Salem district; to measure the cultivation practices adopted by the mango cultivating farmers; and to find out the different problems faced by mango cultivating farmers. A sample of 150 mango cultivating farmers was selected from Salem district of Tamil Nadu. Simple random sampling method was applied to select the mango cultivating farmers. The study found that 72.67% are male, 36% are in 46-60 years, 45.33% have school education, and 37.33% are in the income range of Rs.25, 001 – 50,000. 60.67% of the farmers cultivate mango in their own land. Low yield on monsoon failure are the major problems in cultivation to the mango. The study concluded that mango farmers have better prospects and provision of sufficient assistance will increase their production and market surplus.