Table 3 Socio-economic characteristics of onion producer and summary of Inputs and production

Age of respondent

42.64

9.24

45.63

11.11

Educational years

11.24

3.16

9.61

3.66

Family size (Number)

6.23

2.60

6.30

2.63

Land holding (ha)

1.41

1.02

1.34

0.59

Family income (INR)

504,195.80

366,634.77

288,270.42

139,989.70

Experience of farming (years)

26.67

10.36

30.06

12.27

Extension contacts

0.36

0.12

0.28

0.11

Social participation

0.60

0.11

0.56

0.14

Information source use

0.67

0.08

0.72

0.11

Human labour (man days/ha)

195.17

4.98

238.58

9.02

Machine labour (hours/ha)

19.74

2.14

20.1

2.25

Seed (kg/ha)

6.95

1.93

8.86

1.40

FYM (tons/ha)

5.30

1.48

4.66

1.28

Fertilizer (kg/ha)

647.71

159.78

503.13

66.6

No of spray (number/ha)

7.06

1.26

8.92

1.09

Irrigation (hacm/ha)

58.73

10.01

81.07

11.97

Yield (tonnes/ha)

36.23

5.25

30.13

5.36

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