Rice is the staple food of the people of Kerala. Rice is cultivated throughout the
country. The important rice producing areas in the state are Kuttanad and Palakkad. Rice
production has been stagnating around 10 to 11 lakh tones during the past decade. Paddy
cultivators have been facing various problems of their paddy did not fetch the reasonable
price all over the country. The fall in the price will leads to increase in the cost of cultivation,
this leads to farmers to commit suicide. The number of farmers commit suicide has been
increasing because of the unfavorable climate condition, low price, high cost of cultivation.
Paddy cultivators of Palakkad is falling down are the period of time. This paper analysed
socio economic background of the paddy cultivators in the selected villages of palakkad
district and also analysed the problem of the paddy cultivators. The major causative factor
identified by the social scientist is shortage of labour and low price for paddy. This paper
emphasis the group management for improving the economies of paddy cultivation through
better management based on low cost technology, improvement in productivity selective
mechanization and cost reduction. This statement has been proved in the present study.