Crop diversification is one of the fundamental techniques essential for the healthy transformation of developing economies like India. It is a procedure to shift the production from an existing crop to a new variety of crops or shift the production to other crops. The majority of the studies on crop diversification practices have presented mixed results on the factors that determine the farmers’ decision to diversify crops. In India, particularly in the state of West Bengal, the empirical findings that throw light upon crop diversification and its determinants are outdated. Through a quantitative research design, this study uses the primary data collected from 150 farmers and a binomial logit regression analysis was performed. The findings of the study suggest that the loans taken from money lenders and the farm experience have a significant impact on the farmers’ crop diversification practices.
Logit regression, Crop diversification, Farmers, Farming experience, West Bengal
