Resource use efficiency on potato farms in Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Hundred sample farms (Marginal, Small and Medium) were interviewed from five villages of “Umarda” block of Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh. Data were analysed and found that average holding size was 0.49 hectare and cropping intensity was 222.45 percent, potato occupied 13.85 percent of grass cropped area 1.09.It offers a net income of Rs. 70013.40 with an expenditure of Rs. 80533.58 as total cost per hectare. Input-output ratio was found 1:1.87 on overall farms having direct relationship with size of holding potato cultivation in the study was characterized by decreasing return to scale.