Study on Growth of Major Agricultural Crops in Birbhum District
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
Abstract: The growth of agricultural sector in recent past has been evidenced to be slow. To cope with the fast increasing food and employment demand of the teeming population of the country the growth in agriculture is the crucial need of the hour. So the present state of Indian agriculture is a matter of serious concern and is a need to ponder over its future. In view of this, an effort has been made in this paper to study the growth of major agricultural crops in Birbhum district which is one of the major food grain producing districts in West Bengal. It has been observed that despite the negative growth in net cropped area, the cropping intensity has grown with a stable positive growth as the gross cropped area has been increased over the time. It is implicating the crop diversification of the district has been taken place though the expansion of area under all crops except aus rice. Apart from aus rice, production of all crops during the reference year has also shown positive growth. The productivity of almost all major crops has been showing negative growth trend except aman and aus rice. The productivity almost all major crops has been showing negative growth trend except aman and aus rice. So there is least possibility to increase area under crops which calls for further adoption of improved technologies in the agricultural sector. Improved agricultural technologies are basically based on seed-fertilizer technology, so attention may be paid for increase and balanced use of fertilizer in different crops in Birbhum district. Steps may be taken to disseminate the latest agricultural technologies in order to arrest the fluctuation in productivity of major crops in Birbhum district. Keywords: Growth, Rice, Wheat, Total Pulses, Total Oilseeds, West Bengal.
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Arindam Chakraborty
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