Geographical analysis

Abstract

Ramanagara is a dry district of Karnataka, which was reconstituted as a separate district from Bengaluru rural in 2007. This region is located in the Cauvery River Basin, primarily agrarian in character with 47% of its total area under agriculture and allied crops. The present study is a review of agricultural profile of Ramanagara district and an assessment of the trends of the production of major agricultural crops of this district over a span of 8 years (2010-2017). Based on the annual reports and other reports published by the government of Karnataka, the secondary data of major crops, its production and productivity has been obtained. Comparative tables have been prepared and the trends of production and productivity of the crops in 2010- 11, 2013-14 and 2016-17 has been assessed using bar charts. Secondary Data on Physical parameters has also been obtained from the annual reports for the above years. A correlation analysis has been performed to understand whether the physical factors have any influence on the production and productivity of the major crops. From the results it is understood that there is no significant influence by the physical factors on crop production. Hence several other reasons such as changing land use pattern, decreasing soil fertility, market demand may have the influence on the production of major agricultural crops, which gives a scope of further research in this region.

Keywords: Agriculture; Productivity; Major crops; Soil fertility & Market