Manuscript Number : IJSRSET207650
Traditional crop diversity and its conservation on-farm for sustainable agricultural production in Bhandara District, India
Authors(4) :-Nanabhau S. Kudnar, Manish S. Padole, Vasudev S. Salunke, Ravindra S. Bhagat
The present study includes crop diversity and its conservation on-farm for sustainable agricultural production in the district of Bhandara. Bhandara district is a known rice-producing district having 60 to 75 % area occupied by rice. In 1991 maximum crop diversification in Bhandara and Pauni tehsil and minimum in Tumsar tehsil. Crop diversification in 20 years results that in 1991 crop diversification was much higher than in 2011; because at that time majority of cultivators depend thereon on agriculture on monsoon rainfall. In 2011 area under irrigation was increased by 21.46% to the total cropped area in the district. In this year total cropped was 245607 hector out of which 56.96% area under irrigation. The maximum area under irrigation was in Pauni tehsil (71.56%) and the minimum in Lakhandur tehsil (41.24%). In the district out of the total cropped area 58.52% area under rice out of which 49.11% was under irrigation. In Sakoli tehsil area under rice were maximum in number and 55.53% area under irrigation. From 1999 to 2011 in the number of tehsil area under irrigation increased. The present study to help agriculture planner government policies maker plan the study area.
Nanabhau S. Kudnar
Diversity, Conservation, Sustainable Agricultural, Paddy Cultivation
Publication Details
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Volume 8 | Issue 1 | January-February 2021 Article Preview
Assistant Professor, C. J. Patel College Tirora, Dist- Gondia, Maharashtra, India
Manish S. Padole
Research Scholar, Symbiosis Institute of Geoinformatics, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Vasudev S. Salunke
Assistant Professor, K. J. Somaiya College, Kopargaon, Dist-Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India
Ravindra S. Bhagat
Assistant Professor, S. S. Dhamdhere Arts & Commerce College, Talegaon Dhamdhere, Tal-Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Date of Publication :
2021-02-28
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) :
35-43
Manuscript Number :
IJSRSET207650
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL :
https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET207650