Extent of crop diversification and its impact on farmers income in Ayodhya District of UP

Abstract

Agriculture diversification is implemented as a tactic to reduce risk associated with crop failure, when the immediate objective is not to earn a profit but to stabilize farm income for survival. Crop diversification is a term that defines growing of diverse crops on the same piece of land at the same time. The study was conducted in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh during 2020-21. Simpson Index of Diversification and regression analysis was used for analysis of diversification and impact of diversification on farmers' income. The study revealed that the high diversification (SID-0.98) in the region. A positive co-relation was analyzed between income to explanatory variables like number of crop grown, cropping intensity, Cattles, age education). The P value of number of crop grown is observed significant which has greater impact on farm income than other variables.