The conventional energy reserves are limited, they have become scarce and expensive day-by-day. The Government has been making tremendous efforts to propagate non-conventional energy use so that energy crises can be reduced, but several constraints have been affecting its adoption. Thus, keeping in view this fact, a study on constraints affecting adoption of biogas technology was conducted on 120 rural women of Sarsaul block of Kanpur during 2002. The study revealed that the majority of respondents perceived the constraint namely “high cost for installation of biogas plant” as most important. The next in importance was “shortage of sufficient cow dung” as perceived by 28.33 per cent respondents. It was also observed that with the increase in family educational status, constraints affecting adoption of biogas technology have reduced.

Keyword: Constraints, Adoption, Technology