Vol. 10, Special Issue 10 (2021)

Author(s):
Vinay Kumar Rawat, Jitendra Ojha, Chandra Prakash Singh and Abhishek Yadav

Abstract:
The total geographical area of Uttar Pradesh is 24,093 thousand ha, out of total geographical area nearly 16,598 thousand ha. (67 percent) is net sown area. Nearly half of the population living in area is engaged with agriculture for their livelihood. The fertile endo-gangetic plains land is suitable for the cultivation of cereals. Cost of cultivation is important to know about the farm efficiency and farm profitability. To study the growth rate of cost of cultivation forte period of 2004-05 to 2018-19 of major cereal namely Paddy, Wheat, Maize and Barley, compound annual growth rate was calculated. The highest growth rate in cost of cultivation was recorded in maize followed by paddy and lowest was recorded for barley.