Maize was one of the major crops grown in Warangal Rural district of Telangana. The present study was undertaken to examine constraints in the production of maize. The findings of the study revealed that the sample farmers expressed labour scarcity and was assigned first rank followed by Irregular availability of irrigation water, High labour cost, Input supply center is far away, Inadequate credit supply by financial institution, High cost of growth regulators, Low quality of seeds, High incidence pest & diseases, Shortage of fertilizer, Non availability of recommended pesticides, Scarcity of farm yard manure, Low productivity, and finally low yield which assigned least rank. Opinioned occurrence of pests and diseases i.e. fall army worm incidence was the major problem in the study area with a Garrett’s score of 76.1 which was followed by unavailability of labour during the peak period with a score of 66.9. In the next order high cost of plant protection chemicals, high cost of fertilizers and less seed viability constraints were observed

Constraints, Production, Maize, Labour scarcity, Incidence, Pest & Diseases.

Farmers expressed production problems were that labour scarcity and was assigned first rank followed by Irregular availability of irrigation water, High labour cost, Input supply center is far away, Inadequate credit supply by financial institution, High cost of growth regulators, Low quality of seeds, High incidence pest & diseases, Shortage of fertilizer, Non availability of recommended pesticides, Scarcity of farm yard manure, Low productivity, and finally low yield which assigned least rank

M. Maheshnath, Nahar Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Joy Dawson and Anupriya Paul (2024). Constraints in Production of Maize in Warangal Rural District of Telangana State. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(6): 177-179.