Factors Influencing Cropping Pattern in Bulandshahr District-With Special Reference to the Size of Land Holding

The adoption of cropping pattern in any region is an outcome of varied factors, which plays important role i.e. physical, social and economic factors. Some of these are changeable like prices, government policies, technology etc. and have operated very variously at different times. These factors have a combined impact on the decision making process of the farmer. Those which are not subject to much change as soil conditions, climate etc., have varied from region to region, giving rise to a land use pattern which has persisted through time. The cropping pattern and the level of crop production of a region is influenced by capital, marketing, labour, transport, economic condition of the farmer, institutional facilities etc. agriculture is an economic activity from which farmers earn their livelihood. Therefore, they first look for the economic viability of a crop within their socio-physical and political environment. In this paper an attempt has been made to analyze that which factors promote a farmer to grow any crop according to size of land holding in district Bulandshahr of western Uttar Pradesh.