October - December 2012 - National Institute of Rural Development

404 FahimuddinTable 14 : Characteristics of Crop Production onOwned and Leased-in Land on Sample FarmsCrop Percentage in gross Percentage of irrigated Yield Quintal/cropped area in total area under crop acre (irrigated)Owned Leased -in Owned Leased -in Owned Leased -inWheat 69.56 85.45 89.39 99.86 10.12 11.22Paddy 63.78 60.34 100.00 100.00 8.80 9.50Barley 1.88 1.32 100.00 100.00 7.08 8.70Maize 10.26 4.32 43.10 89.70 4.81 5.26Potato 2.57 2.54 100.00 100.00 89.13 100.80Pulses 14.66 15.82 17.82 76.27 2.19 2.90Mustard 16.99 10.46 24.41 100.00 4.10 4.61Source : Field Survey.Cost of Cultivation on Owned andLeased-in Land : Cost of various inputsapplied in the cultivation of different cropson the leased-in land was more or less sameas used in the cultivation of owned land. Theestimated cost of inputs amounted to 40 to50 per cent of the value of production ofdifferent crops (Table 15).Table 15 : Crop-wise Per Acre Cost of Cultivationon Owned and Leased-in Land (in `)Crops Seed Fertiliser/ Irrigation Others TotalpesticideOwned Leased Owned Leased Owned Leased Owned Leased Owned Leased-in -in -in -in -inWheat 860 797 1239 1158 1747 1788 1319 1447 5634 5630Paddy 440 369 1362 1471 1554 1502 1554 1060 4910 4902Maize 103 104 166 217 214 197 288 273 771 791Potato 3175 3160 1208 1342 941 907 1292 1290 6616 6699Vegetable 546 480 850 760 1418 1600 713 1180 3527 4020Pulses 253 412 239 324 234 417 385 445 1111 1598Mustard 138 163 353 310 206 197 366 477 1063 1147Groundnut 980 841 293 290 315 489 785 859 2373 2479Source : Field Survey.Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 31, No. 4, October - December : 2012