Abstract:
The study revealed that the vital factors affecting marketed surpls of
paddy were (1) size of the family, t 2 > gross cropped area (3) total production and (4)
total consumption. The relationship between marketed surplus and size of the family
was found to be negative. The same type of negative relationship was obtained with
respect to total consumption also. The total production and marketed surplus was
found to be positively correlated. This means that marketed surplus can be very
well augmented by increasing production.