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Study on Cropping Pattern and Major Crop Yield Performance in Watershed Areas of Koppal District in Karnataka

Author: Vaijanatha*, G.N. Kulkarni and R.H. Patil

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Abstract

The biggest crisis that the world faces in the 21st century is the crisis of water. Water is indeed a renewable resource but, in any given year, it is not inexhaustible. The crisis of water has affected the lives of millions of the farmers who constitute sizeable portion of the population. As per the water scarcity map published by International Water Management Institute (IWMI), major part of India is going to face physical water scarcity while, the remaining part is going to experience economic water scarcity by 2025. Indian economy and rural employment are mainly dependent on agriculture, as it contributes about 13.50 per cent to the country’s GDP and 60 per cent to the employment. The quality of natural resources in the rainfed ecosystem is gradually declining due to over exploitation, and suffer from bio-physical and socio-economic constraints affecting the productivity of crops and livestock. To provide stability to farm income during drought and to utilize the marginal lands,

Keywords

Watershed, Major crops, Performance, Feasible, soil depth and soil nutrient status.

Conclusion

The study was focused on cropping pattern and performance of the major crops cultivated in watershed areas of Koppal district of Karnataka Cropping pattern on various basis were studied such as soil depth and soil nutrient content of the soil. The crops like Hybrid maize, hybrid bajra, chick pea, groundnut and sunflower were identified as the major crops. It can be concluded from the result obtained that the Hybrid maize, bajra, chickpea and sunflower were showed better yield performance at higher depth more than 150 cm and also showed positive significant with respect to increased range of nutrients content in soil but in terms of productivity Bt cotton, greengram, hybrid maize and hybrid sorghum were highly unstable. Hence, care should be taken in these crops.

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How to cite this article

Vaijanatha, Kulkarni, G.N. and Patil, R.H. (2021). Study on Cropping Pattern and Major Crop Yield Performance in Watershed Areas of Koppal District in Karnataka. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(3a): 380-388.