Marketable, marketed and marketing cost of rice and wheat in ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, India

Rice and wheat is the most important food-grain crop in our country and it is the staple food of millions of Indians peoples particularly in the northern and north-western parts of the country. Present study was related Hanumanganj block of Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh finely 120 farmers randomly selected from six selected villages namely Karnae, Dharahra, Jirabasti, Barmaen, Gothawoli and Chhodhar for the study purpose. An average cropping intensity was observed to be 155.95 percent. Grant total of paddy and wheat consumption was observed to be 56.09 and 39.93 quintals respectively .An overall marketable surplus was 82.34 quintals, marketed surplus was varied with required of family consumption. The highest marketing cost per quintal was observed small farms growers of paddy crop whereas highest marketing cost per quintal was found in medium farms grower in wheat crop respectively .