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Data collected through personal interviews with 150 sugarcane growers in Kodimar taluka, Amreli District, Gujarat, for the 1983/84 crop season were used to identify producers' perceptions of sugarcane production technology. The most important constraints identified regarding the adoption of improved sugarcane production technology were an irregular and insufficient electricity supply, small size of holding for green manuring, intercrops not convenient due to weeds, high cost of farm fuel, scarce irrigation facilities, absence of location specific recommendations for earthing up, lack of drought resistant varieties and lack of technical knowledge about plant protection and chemical fertilizers. Suggestions to overcome the constraints were that: a regular supply of electricity for irrigation purposes should be ensured, soil testing facilities should be available at least at the taluka level, method demonstrations on how to …