The study presents a comparative analysis of economic efficiency of resources in production of rice under irrigated and rainfed situations. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted for selecting the farmers. Primary data collected during the year 2000 from 202 sample farmers, 26 farmers covered under irrigated and 176 farmers in rainfed situations from two districts, viz., Raipur and Bastar, were analysed employing regression and functional analysis. The empirical findings of the study envisaged that rice occupied the highest cropped area, accounting for 69 and 77 per cent area among the sample farms of irrigated and rainfed situations.
