A Geographical Analysis of Agricultural Conditions in Chamarajanagara District

K N Mahadevaprasad; S Srikantaprasad

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v8i1.1

Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-4

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A Geographical Analysis of Agricultural Conditions in Chamarajanagara District

K N Mahadevaprasad¹, S Srikantaprasad²

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, Mysuru,
570005, India
²Assistant Professor, P.G. Department of Geography, Maharani’s Arts College for Women, Mysuru, 570005, India

Received Date:12 March 2019, Accepted Date:24 May 2019

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Agriculture is one of the oldest occupations of human being. As the knowledge of man has increased, several new aspects were introduced into the field of Agriculture. After Independence, more emphasis has been given for the development of Agriculture. New technology has been induced in this field. Hence the cropping pattern and others have significantly changed. Here an attempt has been made to understand the various facets of Agriculture in the district. Work Participation rate, Net Sown Area, Net Area irrigated and cropping pattern have been discussed here. Weaver’s method has been used to know the Crop combination. Lorenz and Gini Coefficient have been adopted to measure the inequality in agriculture in the study area.

Keywords: Net Area Sown; Crop combination; Lorenz Curve; Gini-coefficient.

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