A GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF CHANGING LAND USE AND CROPPING PATTERN: A CASE STUDY OF KOPERGAON TEHSIL IN AHMEDNAGAR DISTRICT (M.S.)

1. Dr. Ravidra Sudam Bhagat , 2. Dr. Ashok Vitthal Thokal

doi:10.7492/c5bz6993

Authors

1. Dr. Ravidra Sudam Bhagat , 2. Dr. Ashok Vitthal Thokal Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7492/c5bz6993

Keywords:

drought prone area, cropping pattern, crop combination

Abstract

Agriculture is prime source of food to feed a population and base of all economic activity in the world. The picture of Indian agriculture changes from time to time. Physical, socio-economic and technological factors are responsible for these changes. These changes are also changing cropping pattern from time to time. This means that, what is cropping pattern in the selected study area is governed by above said factors. Kopergaon tehsil in Ahmednagar district is drought prone, so physical factors like rainfall affect the cropping pattern. As per data available, with the help of Doi’s method, Kopergaon tehsil in Ahmednagar district has two crop combination i.e. Bajara and Jowar crops in 1990-91 and it changes towards Five crop combination i.e. sugarcane, oilseed, wheat, other cereal and pulses in 2015-16. In 2023-24, there is again changing in crop combination and result is three crop combination.