SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY LEAD CROP PLANNING FOR EASTERN DRY ZONE OF KARNATAKA UNDER DIFFERENT RISK REGIMES
Loading...
Date
2016-07-13
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
The cropping pattern adopted by farmers in a rainfall deficit area in proximity
to peri urban and urban center will not only depend upon agroclimatic and socio
economic factors but also on their entrepreneurial ability. The farmers in the Eastren
Dry Agroclimatic Zone are facing severe groundwater overdraft along with relatively
low rainfall, but lured by market forces supported by infrastructure such as linkage by
railways and roadways (highways) connected to Bangalore Metropolis on the one side
and Chennai Metropolis on the other. The cropping pattern in Eastern Dry Zone is
largely dominated by high value commercial crops such as vegetables, fruits, flowers.
Farmers while responding to the market conditions in urban and peri urban set up,
need to consider the rapidly depleting groundwater table. In addition, the subsidies
and incentives by the State regarding electricity for pumping groundwater, subsidy on
fertilizers, seeds, credit subsidy, in addition to price support for crops, directly and
indirectly influence the decision making and obviously the cropping pattern
Description
Keywords
null