An attempt has been made in this study to examine the economics of production and marketing of maize in Chaka block of Allahabad. The specific objectives of the study were: work out the growth rate in area, production and productivity of maize, find out the cost and returns of maize on different categories of selected farmers, work out the cost and returns of maize on different categories, examine the market table surplus and disposal pattern of maize and find out the constraints in production and marketing of maize and suggest suitable measures to overcome them.

The present study was conducted in Chaka block in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh state. Fifty farmers were selected randomly. The primary data were collected for the year 2017.The growth rate of area, production and productivity of Uttar Pradesh state and Allahabad district was worked out by using compound growth rate .To calculate the cost of cultivation, marketable surplus and disposable pattern of maize simple mean and average method was used. The major findings of this study revealed that the average holding size of the sampled household was 2.01 hectares and average illiteracy percentage was 52.5 percent. Overall on an average cropping intensity was found 112.62 percent. The major crops grown by the farmers were rice and maize in kharif and vegetables in rabi season. On an average the total irrigated area of sampled household was found 56.22 percent and the maximum irrigated area comes under tubewell 0.67 hectares (59.29 percent). Allahabad district have also shows the positive growth rate of area and production. On an average cost of cultivation per hectare of maize was found Rs. 18410.45 and cost of production per quintal was Rs. 325.46 of main product and Rs. 19.53 of by product.