CROPPING PATTERN DYNAMICS IN BHADRA COMMAND AREA OF KARNATAKA: AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS

V. JALIKATTI¹*, R. PODDAR^2
1Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
²Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
* Corresponding Author : vinayak5255@gmail.com

Received : 03-01-2020     Accepted : 27-01-2020     Published : 30-01-2020
Volume : 12     Issue : 2       Pages : 9439 - 9441
Int J Agr Sci 12.2 (2020):9439-9441

Keywords : Cropping Pattern, Economic Analysis
Academic Editor : Dr Arshad Bhat, P Kumar
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, 580 005, Karnataka, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

Bhadra command area from middle region of the Karnataka state was selected for the purpose of analysing the changes in cropping pattern. The time series data on cropping pattern in the selected canal command area was collected for a period of 10 years (2009-10 to 2018-19) and analysed using First Order Markov Chain Approach. In Bhadra command, semi dry crops and kharif semi-dry crops like maize, finger millet, sorghum and cotton were stable crops. This indicates that the stability in the area under different crops in the study areas depends on availability of irrigation water, food and fodder requirement of the people and higher market price to the produce. In Bhadra Reservoir Project, area under paddy showed a positive growth of 3.41 percent per annum. The projected area of all the crops grown in Bhadra command area would remain constant for the projected period 2019 to 2021. In Cauvery command area the area under major crops was found out to be against the cropping patterns suggested by the CADA, thus the higher deviation from the suggested cropping pattern was found in Red gram (30%) fallowed by Finger millet (18.71%), Garden crops (12.75%) and Paddy (9.24%).

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