Authors : Vishal Patil & Ratan Hajare
Page Nos : 99-102
Description :
The present paper deals with the Impact of Rainfall on Area of Major Crops of Sangli District of Maharashtra, in response to last five decades since 1970-71 to 2010-11. The study focused on area under different crops and the average annual rainfall of district, which collected from secondary data sources. Calculated data represented by bar and line graphs. The changes in cropping pattern are depending on rainfall of that particular region. Because growth of crops depending on the rainfall. In 1970-71 out of total agricultural land 82.45% area covered by food crops, but unfortunately area under food crops decrease in 2010-11 i.e. 78.68 % because of land under food crop shifted towards in the commercial crops like sugarcane, cotton, fruits and vegetables. But the area under non-food crops increased i.e. 17.55% in 1970-71 & in 2010- 11 it was 21.23%, due to farmers changes their attitude towards the cash crops because these crops well grown in least work and gives maximum economic benefit than food crops. But there is more demand for different food crops due to increasing population and the demand of food crops is not fulfilment from present agricultural land. That’s why its study became necessary.
Keywords: Agriculture, Land use, Cropping pattern, Crop intensity.
