Diversification of cropping pattern and production in Haryana
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2016
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CCSHAU
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Crop diversification is a strategy to maximize the use of land, water and other resources and for the overall agricultural development in the state. The present study has made an attempt to have cropping pattern, production pattern, extent of crop diversification and effect of different factors on crop diversification of different crop groups in the state with these objectives, (1) to measure the extent of crop diversification in Haryana, (2) to study crop diversification and production pattern in (3) to examine the factors effecting crop diversification. The present study is based on secondary data collected from various issues of Statistical Abstracts of Haryana and other published and unpublished sources. Compound and linear growth rates for area, production and productivity were computed. In overall period(1993-2013) area, production and productivity of foodgrains increased at a compound annual growth rate of 0.56, 2.56 and 1.93 per cent per annum while for pulses all these values were in negative. The growth rates of area for all crops except rice, wheat, barley and ultimately total cereals were in negative. The cropping pattern has skewed towards rice-wheat cultivation. From the results derived from different measures of crop diversification it was noticed that value of crop diversification index was higher in the initial years of study period among all crop groups except pulses. The decline in the growth of area for bajra and sugarcane is due to shift of area towards paddy while decrease in area of gram is due to shift of area towards wheat. Multiple regression was carried out by using composite entropy index to know the effect of different factors on crop diversification. The results has suggested that creation of basic infrastructural facilities like sustained supply of irrigation water, markets, fertilizer availability, etc. is an essential pre-requisite for creating enabling conditions for crop diversification. For achieving diversification targets, technology backup, good governance, policy development and strong extension system are required. Diversification would require fundamental changes in incentives, institutions and investments, however these changes should not be at the cost of farmers’ income.
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