Economic Affairs

The present study had been conducted in Bolpur-Srriniketan and Sainthia block of Birbhum district of West Bengal by selecting 60 sample farmers to estimate the yield gaps in major food grain crops and to identify the determinants of the yield gaps. The yield gap-I and yield gap-II had been estimated for major foodgrain crops across the different categories of farmers. Determinants of yield gaps were identified by the correlation & regression analysis. Yield gap-II had been higher than yield gap-I for the foodgrain crops except chickpea. It had been maximum about 46% of average on farm trial yield incase of wheat and minimum about 18% in case of Rabi rice. Significant variation had been noticed in case of yield gap-II among the different categories of farmers. ‘Technology adoption’, ‘source of seed’, ‘institutional credit’ and ‘meetings with ADO/KPS per year’ had been e found as main determinants of yield gap for most of the foodgrain crops studied.