A study was conducted with a sample of 100 respondents randomly and equally selected from two purposively selected villages based on the maximum area under Narasimha cotton variety cultivation from two different Mandals of Kurnool district. Research study revealed that the constraints of higher order significance were inadequate research on IPM in cotton (100.00%), lack of suitable pest and disease control measures at low cost (99.00%), low support price (98.00%), lack of irrigation facilities (86.00%), high cost of labour (84.00%) and inadequacy of the skilled labour (77.00%) and high order importance were inadequate research on cotton intercropping systems (54.00%) and inadequate research on INM in cotton (50.00%). The corresponding suggestions of higher order importance as perceived by the Narasimha cotton growers were development of bollworm tolerant variety (72.00%), development of drought tolerant variety (48.00%), supply of plant protection chemicals at subsidized rate (36.00%), providing financial assistance (34.00%) and good extension services (32.00%).
