A Case Study of Barabanki District (U.P.) Impact of Third Crop on Farmers' Income

Abstract

All these years we have known of poor plight of Indian farmers. While this is true, in some parts of UP, Punjab and now Bihar & MP, farmers have taken to third crop and increased their income. While doing an assignment, the author had visited some of these areas and collected crop cost and profitability data - most prominent and frequently visited area was Barabanki in UP, near Lucknow.