Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
Ashish Srivastava, Ajay Singh, Praveen Kumar Sahu, Dileep Kumar Gupta, Riyaz Ahmad and KK Singh

Abstract:
The study was conducted in Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture & Technology, Kumarganj, Ayodhya (U.P.). The enquiry pertained to the agricultural year 2021-22. District and block namely, Etawah & Takha and Basher were purposively selected for the study due to higher concentration of garlic area. List of the respondents from selected blocks were prepared along with acreage under garlic cultivation, 120 respondents (Farmers) proportionally from each category of farms and classified into three categories i.e. marginal (below 1 ha), small (1-2 ha) and medium (2-4 ha & above). Under marginal farms the elasticity of production with respect to human labor, manure & fertilizers and irrigation were statistically significant whereas, under small farms elasticity of production with respect to irrigation and manure and fertilizer were significant and under medium farms seed was found statistically significant. It means these inputs have sufficient scope to more use for production. In case of garlic returns, to scale on marginal, small and medium size group of sample farms characterized by decreasing returns to scale. Out of total variation in dependent variable explained by human labor, seed, manure and fertilizers and irrigation under entire size of sample farms for both crops varied from minimum of 90.83 percent to maximum of 91.11 percent.