Abstract
Sugarcane being one of the most important cash crops of Pakistan occupies 2nd place in consumption after wheat. In spite of persistent emphasis laid by the Government upon the increase of sugarcane output, per acre yield of this crop has not come up to the expectations due to the attack of insects! pests and diseases. Though the use of chemicals is tipped to be the only remedy for rapid control of insect /disease attack, but these are not being benefitted fully due to certain barriers. In order to probe the real situation the study was undertaken in fifteen randomly selected villages of Tehsil Faisalabad by interviewing 150 respondents. The analysis of the data revealed that the major difficulties faced by the farmers were the lack of capital and machinery, non-cooperation of the field staff and high cost of insecticides.
