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Abstract
A research was done to uplift the economic condition of small farmers through cultivation of maize crop. Maize is considered the queen of all cereal crops due to its high genetic yield potential among other cereal crops. The country has exported 10,51,277.95 MT of maize to the world for the value of Rs. 1,871.62 crore / 270.16 USD million in 2018-19. In this research, spending on various inputs in maize cultivation viz. machine power, seeds, fertilizers and fertilizers, irrigation and plant protection chemicals, was seen to increase at different speeds, while spending on family labor in terms of credit utilization Reduced post-credit utilization conditions across levels. Thus, the total cost of cultivation of maize was increased to Rs 13.41 per hectare from Rs.33498 per hectare in the credit utilization situation to Rs.13498 per hectare.