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International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science

Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part A (2025)

Extent of crop diversification and its impact on farmers income in Ayodhya District of UP

Author(s):

Jitendra Ojha, Vinay Kumar Rawat, Vijay Pal, Chandra Prakash Singh and Abhishek Yadav

Abstract:

Agriculture diversification is implemented as a tactic to reduce risk associated with crop failure, when the immediate objective is not to earn a profit but to stabilize farm income for survival. Crop diversification is a term that defines growing of diverse crops on the same piece of land at the same time. The study was conducted in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh during 2020-21. Simpson Index of Diversification and regression analysis was used for analysis of diversification and impact of diversification on farmers' income. The study revealed that the high diversification (SID-0.98) in the region. A positive co-relation was analyzed between income to explanatory variables like number of crop grown, cropping intensity, Cattles, age education). The P value of number of crop grown is observed significant which has greater impact on farm income than other variables.

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International Journal of Agriculture and Food Science
How to cite this article:
Jitendra Ojha, Vinay Kumar Rawat, Vijay Pal, Chandra Prakash Singh and Abhishek Yadav. Extent of crop diversification and its impact on farmers income in Ayodhya District of UP. Int. J. Agric. Food Sci. 2025;7(1):13-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33545/2664844X.2025.v7.i1a.231
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