Vol. 10, Special Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Sarita Kumari, Mukesh K Maurya, Avinash Mishra and Paras Nath Jhariya

Abstract:
The research entitled “Economic analysis of maize cultivation in Begusarai district of Bihar was conducted in Begusarai district of Bihar with a sample size of 100 respondents who was chosen through stratified sampling. The farmers were categorized as marginal, small and medium size group of the basis of the size of the farms each farmer had. Survey was conducted by personal interview method with use of pre – structured schedule questionnaire. After the analysis of the data it was found that maize cultivation was profitable at all categories of farm. The total costs of cultivation & gross income per hectare was positively related with size of farms and was negatively related to trend of net income. By the study it can be concluded that according to the farm size of the farmers resources were not efficiently used in maize cultivation. Technical, managerial & financial problem were also noticed as major constraints.