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The world does not see modern agriculture to be moving in the direction necessary to meet the problem of food security. The climate is changing, there is water scarcity, and our methods for producing food are no longer sustainable. Modern agriculture and allied technology were viewed from a completely new perspective that neglected the traditional indigenous agricultural and allied practices that were field-tested and developed by farmers. Traditional indigenous agriculture is a knowledge base and the result of farming practices being adapted to the local environment. Bio - Physical Constraints Occurrence of heavy weed growth, Heavy pest and disease incidence, Complexity of new practices, High cost of high-yielding variety seeds, Non-availability of suitable high-yielding varieties. And Technological constraints. Lack of conviction in the new technology. Lack of awareness about improved rice technologies. Lack of technology guidance from extension personnel. A sample size of three hundred was fixed for the study considering the limitations of time and other resources. From the list of farmers in the selected five villages, farmers who had practiced both agriculture and dairy practices were identified. A proportionate random sampling method was used to select the 300 respondents from the selected five villages. A salient findings of the study bio physical constraints occurrence of heavy weed growth, heavy pest and disease incidence, complexity of new practices, high cost of high-yielding variety seeds and non-availability of suitable high-yielding varieties. Technological constraints lack of conviction in the new technology, lack of awareness about improved rice technologies and lack of technology guidance from extension personnel.