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Agriculture sector plays a very important role in the economy of the Haryana and predominantly it is an agriculture economy. The area under wheat and rice is continuously increasing in the state. The mono cropping of wheat and rice has led to serious problems such as exploitation of ground water, decline in the fertility of soil, due to excessive irrigation there is problem of water-logging and salinity; and the excessive use of subsidized fertilizers has degraded the food grains quality. So that there is a need to diversify the cropping pattern towards the alternative crops. The main objectives of this paper are to examine the status of vegetable production in the state and the problems faced by the farmers while growing vegetables. Both time series and cross-sectional data have been used in this research work. The study revealed that among majority of marginal size farmers transportation and unavailability of inputs were the important problems. Timely payment and crop risk were considered as important problems by small size farmers. Timely payment and marketing problems were reported as the important problems by majority of medium size farmers while crop risk and marketing problems were reported as the important problems by majority of large size farmers. Diversification from paddy to vegetable crops in the kharif season in Haryana requires a favorable price regime, technology for increasing the existing levels of productivity, financial support and infrastructure facilities.