The present study was conducted in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh, to study the production constraints faced by rice farmers and various suggestions given by them to overcome the constraints. The major agro ecological, technical, socio-economical and marketing constraints perceived by farmers were high temperature during crop growth, scarcity of labour during peak periods, diversion of farmers from rice cultivation to irrigated dry crops and involvement of middlemen respectively. | A study on production constraints of rice cultivation in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh and suggestions to overcome them