Vol. 9, Special Issue 1, Part F (2025)

The present study was conducted in the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh. Sixty farmers were selected randomly from the Saja block and Bemetara block. The selected villages are Khati, Saigona and Khairjhitikala from Saja block and Dhadhi, Panchbhaiya and Lalpur from Bemetara block. The primary data were collected for the year 2012-13. The major findings of this study revealed that the average size of holding of the sample households was 3.3 hectares. Production performance of chickpea (during 2000-01 to 2012-13) was observed positive and significant growth in Bemetara district as well as Chhattisgarh state. This was mainly due to positive and significant growth in area and production of chickpea. The production of chickpea increased from 540 thousand tonnes in 2000-01 to 974 thousand tonnes in 2011-12, registering a significant growth rate of 11.9 percent per annum in Bemetara district. Paddy, chickpea and soyabean were the major crops in the study area. On an average the cost of cultivation of chickpea was calculated Rs. 10974.8.