Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

ROLE OF IRRIGATION IN CROPPING PATTERN A CASE OF KADAPA YSR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PARADESH

Dr. Anitha Manne

Abstract :

India is a tropical country where agriculture is dependent mainly on eratic monsoon . The government of India has been there spending crores of rupees to reduce its dependence on rain by creating irrigation facility in the country through developing major and minor projects. Eventhough, due to scaricity of rainfall over the regions farmers are choosing cropping pattern in India. Factors like socio–economic conditions of farmers, cultural factors, climatic conditions, etc. determine or influence the cropping pattern in a region. Based on the average amount of rainfall received in a season, the cultivated area in the country is oadly classified into three categories viz. (i) area receiving rainfall above 1150 milli meter (mm), (ii) area receiving rainfall within the range of 750–1150 mm and (iii) area where rainfall is below 750 mm. Most areas of Assam, Kerala, Orissa and West Bengal come under the first group. The major crop grown in these areas is rice. The states of T.N., U.P. and Andhra Pradesh are the second category. These areas provide ample potential for setting up minor and major irrigation facilities. Under the third category, which offer little scope for improving cropping intensity due to relatively less rainfall, include parts of A. P., Karnataka, Maharastra and Rajasthan. The present study mainly focusses on the role of irrigation on cropping pattern in Drought Prone area of Kadapa YSR District of Andhra Pradesh. In most rainfed environments, farmers are choose different cropping patter n. It is concluded that in drought prone regions, particularly, cropping pattern is a major target for yield improvement in water–limited environments

Keywords :

cropping pattern   irrigation   drought  

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ROLE OF IRRIGATION IN CROPPING PATTERN A CASE OF KADAPA YSR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PARADESH, Dr. ANITHA MANNE PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019


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