The horticulture sector has emerged as an economically rewarding and most viable option in diversification in agriculture. Fruits and vegetables have been shown to earn 20-30 times more foreign exchange per unit area than cereals due to higher yields and higher prices available in the national/international markets. Present study on banana was undertaken in Kaushambi district of U.P. Multistage sampling technique was adopted for selection of respondents. A total of 170 banana growers i.e. 86 small, 57 medium and 27 large growers were selected. The analysis of trends in banana production and economic production of banana were the main objectives of present study. During 2005-2011, there is slight decrease in area under banana during 2008-10. During 2008-09 there is a decrease in production the failure of the rainfall at the appropriate times and occurrence of frost has caused the considerable reduction in production.
Total cost of cultivation was ` 75518.88, ` 75505.35 and ` 73979.14 respectively for small, medium and large size group. Cost C was highest in small size group followed by medium and large size group. Benefit-cost ratio for overall year was 1:2.44,1:2.63 and 1:2.79 respectively for small, medium and large size group. This indicates that the cultivation of banana was more profitable in large, medium and small size group respectively.