A Geographical Study Of Food Grain Cropping Pattern

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UNIVERSAL RESEARCH ANALYSIS Temporal Analysis :- In general ,the area of jowar has decreased in all the tahsils in the district except Mangalwedha and Barshi tahsils. The area under jowar declined by about 4 percent to 40 percent in the period from 1990-91 to 2004.05 in all over the district. However, the area of this crop increased in Mangalwedha (14.49 percent) and Barshi (3.76 percent) tahasil. Mangalwedha is a major producer of Maldandi jowar in the study region as well as in Maharashtra. In Mangalwedha tahasil 60.45 percent area was under this crop in 1990-91 and it increased in 2004-05 i.e. 74.94 percent . 2) Wheat Wheat is the second important food crop in Solapur district. The bo- tanical name of wheat is Triticum Satuvum . Wheat ranks second among the food grains grown in the district. It accounted for 3.97 percent land in 1990-91, which increased by 7.01 percent of the net sown area in 2004-05.. Farmers grew wheat on small scale everywhere in the study area. Environmental Requirements:- Wheat is mainly a rabbi crop. It is adapted to varying condition of climate Half yearly Research Journal RNI. MAHMUL 13/2/2010 ISSN 2229-4406 Vol. I , Issue :I I I, Sept. 2011 to Feb. 2012 Table No 1 6 4
UNIVERSAL RESEARCH ANALYSIS Half yearly Research Journal RNI. MAHMUL 13/2/2010 ISSN 2229-4406 Vol. I , Issue :I I I, Sept. 2011 to Feb. 2012 and soil. It grows better in winter temperature between 15ºc and 20ºc ; rainless days with clear and bright sunshine during ripening and harvesting period are necessary to have a better quality of grains. It can be grown in the areas where rainfall is less than 500 cm , with the help of irrigation. Frost at flowering time and hailstorms when the grain is almost ripe damage the crop . Wheat is produced in the loams ,clay soils and medium black soils in the study region. Spatial Distribution :- The regional pattern of wheat distribution in table No 4.9 shows that the expansion of this crop in areas where irrigation is more developed as in 2004/05. The highest percentage of area under wheat is at Pandharpur (21.12 %) and Malshiras (20.88 %) . Temporal Analysis: - It may be observed from Fig No 4.10 that the area under wheat cultivation was 3.97 percent in 1990-91, which increased to 7.01 percent of the net sown area in 2004- 05. However, it did not increase in all tahsils of the district. It increased highly (above 10 %) in Pandharpur and Malshiras tahsils and also increased to small extent (0.5 % to 3 %) in North Solapur, South Solapur, Madha , Sangola and Akkalkot tahsil. The area under this crop highly decreased (below 4 %) in Karmala Mangalwedha, Mohol and Barshi. 3) Bajara Bajara is the third food grain crop in the study region. It plays a very dominant role in the economy of the study region. It is a staple food of a very large part of the population in the district. It also provides good quality fodder for the livestock. Environmental Requirements:- Bajara is a typical tropical plant and usually thrives in warm and drier types of climate. The suitable temperature for bajara crop is 25ºc to 35ºc. The most important of all environmental factors is the fact that there should be a minimum rainfall from 150 to 200 mm . Bajara thrives in poor to medium soil as well as in black cotton soils. Bajara is a kharif crop and is sown in June-July. Spatial Distribution :- Bajara crop is raised all over the study area to a small extent (4.78 %), but it is 6 5
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