An Economic Analysis of Pigeonpea Seed Production Technology and Its Adoption Behavior: Indian Context

Table 2

Average land holding of sample pigeonpea farmers.

Land holding particulars	Gulbarga district	Sample pigeonpea farmers
		Grain farmers	Seed farmers	Overall
Marginal (<1 ha)	0.62 (20.71)	0.53 (16)	— (0)	0.53 (8)
Small (1-2 ha)	1.47 (37.29)	1.46 (20)	1.51 (6)	1.47 (13)
Semimedium (2–4 ha)	2.70 (28.21)	2.64 (28)	2.78 (26)	2.71 (27)
Medium (4–10 ha)	5.75 (11.97)	5.40 (28)	6.56 (38)	6.07 (33)
Large (10 ha and above)	13.54 (1.82)	13.6 (8)	20.53 (30)	19.07 (19)
Average/total	2.37 (100)	3.71 (100)	9.46 (100)	6.59 (100)

Source: http://www.gulbarga.nic.in/dist_at_glance.pdf (as per 2010-11 census).
Note: figures within the parentheses are percentage of farmers belonging to respective group.