1. INTRODUCTION

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Grazing of Sheeps Parner Grazing to April to May
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Thane
Grazing of Cattles Parner To Thane May/June Out-1000
Agriculture and Cropping Pattern :
Of the total area of the district, 75.6% is under agriculture while about 9% land is
taken up by forest.The number of registered land holdings was 6,80,609 which had
13,56,362 hectares of land.There are three harvesting seasons in the district, namely Kharif,
Rabi and Summer. During the Kharif season, foodgrains like bajra, jowar, rice, nachani,
varai and cash crops like groundnut and sunflower are taken. Akola tahsil accounts for most
of the rice and nachani. During the Rabi season, jowar, wheat and Harbhara are taken.
During the summer season, where water for irrigation is available, groundnut, maize,
sunflower, vegetables etc are grown.
Storage of agricultural produce is done in 459 warehouses and godowns of the
Maharashtra State Warehousing Corporation and those of Co-operative Societies.Total
capacity of such godown is 1,13,300 Metric Tonnes. Ahmednagar city is the largest market
place where in agricultural produce from other districts is also brought.
Types of Crops Names Cropping Period in
Months
Major Crops (Irrigated) Wheat, Jowar,
August to
Grams, Onions
December
Major Crops (Non - Bajra, Mug, Udid, Tur, June to August
Irrigated)
Rice, Barley, Nachani
Major Cash Crops Sugar, Cotton,Grapes October to
December
Major Plantations Sugar, Jowar, Wheat,Cotton August to
December
Horticulture
Orange, Grapes,Chikkoo, August to
Pomegranate, Sitaphal December
Market
Dist. State Exp
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes --
Yes Yes Yes
Yes Yes Yes
River Systems and Dams :
The main methods of irrigation in the district are large, medium and small dams, lift
irrigation and wells.
Mula and Bhandardara are the two major irrigation projects in the districts. Water for
irrigation is also got via canals from Gangapur (Upper Godavari Canal), Nasik District, and
Ghod and Kukdi projects in Pune District. The total irrigation capacity of these projects is
about 208 thousand hectares.
There are other medium scale projects at Visapur Adhla, Pargaon, Ghatshil,
Manadohol, Bhojapur, Mahe Sangvi and Sina which can irrigate upto 71 thousand hectares,
and about 90 small scale projects with a total irrigation capacity of 23 thousand hectares.
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