~ 3856 ~ Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019; 8(3): 3856-3859 E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234 JPP 2019; 8(3): 3856-3859 Received: 10-03-2019 Accepted: 12-04-2019 Vikas Singh Sengar Research Scholar, Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India RR Verma Asst. Prof. Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India Riyaz Ahmad Research Scholar, Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India KK Singh Asst. Prof. Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India Ajay Singh PG Student, Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India Correspondence Vikas Singh Sengar Research Scholar, Deptt. of Agril. Economics NDUA&T Kumarganj Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India An economic study of farm structure, cropping pattern and cropping intensity of chickpea farms in Auraiya district of Uttar Pradesh Vikas Singh Sengar, RR Verma, Riyaz Ahmad, KK Singh and Ajay Singh Abstract Chickpea is an important crop with a view of food and nutritional value and also income and employment generation ability, possibility to raise the cropping intensity due to its nature of best fit with food grain production system. Keeping in view the importance of the chickpea a study on An Economic study of farm structure, cropping pattern and cropping intensity of chickpea farms in Auraiya District of Uttar Pradesh was specifically carried out. District Auraiya was purposively selected and one block, namely, Auraiya having highest acreage under gram was selected purposively for the study, a List of the villages of selected block was prepared along with acreage under Chickpea cultivation and 5 villages were selected randomly for study. Ultimately 100 respondents were selected following proportionate random sampling. Finally 45 marginal (below 1 ha), 35 small (1-2 ha) and 20 medium (2-4 ha & above). The data were collected by personal interview technique with the help of pre-tested structured schedule. The period of enquiry pertain to the agricultural year 2017-18. The average size of holding of marginal, small, and medium, farms were found 0.64, 1.41, and 3.06 hectares, respectively with an overall average size of land holding was estimated as 1.39 hectare. Overall per farm investment was observed Rs. 211801.35 and per hectare investment rs. 190780.79 in the study area. Per farm investment revealed direct relationship with the farm size while per hetare investment gives in direct relationship with the farm size. Bajra, wheat and moong were the major crops of kharif, rabi and zaid season, respectively. The overall average cropping intensity on sample farms observed 210.79 per cent. Cropping intensity was found highest on marginal farms 215.63 per cent followed by small 211.35 per cent, and medium 206.53 per cent, respectively. Cropping intensity was inversely related with farm size. Investment per farm and per hectare on building and livestock were inversely related with farm size. Keywords: Cropping pattern, cropping intensity, crop rotation, per-farm and per hectare investment Introduction In India, the total food production in 2013-14 was about 257.4 million tones, out of which only 19.3 million tones was contributed by pulses. The production of cereals increase by 460 per cent since 1950-51 but the production of pulses in the country has increased only 178 per cent. There is acute shortage of pulses in the country. The prices have increased considerably and the consumer is hard hit to buy his pulse requirements. There is not much possibility of the import of pulses in the country. The production of pulses has to be increased internally to meet the demand. India is the largest producer of chickpea in the world sharing 65.25 and 65.49 per cent (FAO STAT, 2013) of the total area (11.97 m ha) and production (9.53mt), respectively. In India, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are the major chickpea producing states sharing over 95 per cent area. During last five decades, chickpea has registered significant increase in production (3.53 average annual growth rate for 1950-2012), which is primarily due to introduction of high yielding and diseases resistant varieties and adoption of improved production technologies. During last ten years, the productivity of chickpea has increased @ 1.74 per cent but the gross Chickpea production has gone up by 6.32 per cent, besides the growth in area @ 4.43 per cent. With accelerated growth rate and steps taken by the government under National Food Security Mission, the target of 10.22 mt chickpea production by 2030 can be achieved, successfully. Pulses are grown across the country with highest share coming from Madhya Pradesh (24 per cent), Uttar Pradesh (16 per cent), Maharashtra (14 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (10 per cent), Karnataka (7 per cent) followed by Rajasthan (6 per cent), which together accounted about 77 per cent of the total pulse production, while the remaining 23 per cent contributed by Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand. Among Pulses, chickpea (45.1 per cent) occupies the major share, followed by pigeonpea (15.7 per cent), moong (9.9 per cent), urad (9.6 per cent) and lentil (7.3 per cent), altogether which together accounts for 87 per cent of the total