Allocation of resources for production and marketing of potato in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh

Of the total cultivators more than 70% farmers produce potato in Chaka block of the district Allahabad. Although most of the farming communities belong to small and medium category, yet they produce potato as commercial crop. The study was conducted in block Chaka district, Allahabad (U.P.) to work out the resources allocation in production of potato on different farm size groups. On the basis of study, it has been concluded that the potato production fluctuates every two to three year besides production increases at increasing rate with increase of prices in the market. It was also found in this study that the large size groups of farmers have much financial resources to invest the variable inputs like fertilizers, irrigation, plant protection and improved varieties where as the cultivators of small size groups handicapped in investing more on these items