Analysis the Pattern and Role of Crop Concentration and Diversification in Different Blocks of South 24 Pargana District, West Bengal

International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science

© 2020 by SSRG - IJAES Journal

Volume 7 Issue 5

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Dr. Atreya Paul, Amartya Pani, Arup Bhandary

10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I5P110

How to Cite?

Dr. Atreya Paul, Amartya Pani, Arup Bhandary, "Analysis the Pattern and Role of Crop Concentration and Diversification in Different Blocks of South 24 Pargana District, West Bengal," SSRG International Journal of Agriculture & Environmental Science, vol. 7,  no. 5, pp. 57-71, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942568/IJAES-V7I5P110

Abstract:

In late, the conflict between the growing human population and the planet’s supply of freshwater has already started and may get worse. The increasing reliance on groundwater and the declining areas under surface irrigation are the prominent trends in Indian irrigation today. It has important implications for the local ecology and sustainability of agricultural production. The situation has become more alarming in recent years with increasing climatic variability, particularly for the rainfed and coastal regions that house the largest proportion of the country’s total poor. Hence, appropriate cropping systems and practices with diversifying the lands have been critical aspects of agriculture, particularly in those vulnerable areas’ agriculture which are more climate resilient, remunerative and environment friendly. This paper aims to analysis the concentration of major crops like paddy, potato, khesari, mustard and crop diversification as well as the ranking of cultivated crops in the twenty nine blocks of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Secondary data from various sources are used for addressing the research objectives. Crop concentration indices has been computed for crops like paddy, potato, khesari and mustard using Bhatia's method and Gibbs and Martin's technique has been used for delineation of crop diversification regions during the period of 2014-15 of the study area . The present study reveals that the cropping pattern of different blocks of South 24 Parganas district is mainly Paddy oriented mono culture practice. But still a number of crops like mustard, potato, khesari, til, wheat are cultivated in this region extensively. Therefore, a strong possibility to shift in the cropping pattern by diversification of the food basket for promoting sustainable
agricultural intensification in the coastal setup. Furthermore, this analysis focuses on the identification of dominant crops and diversification of crops for future agricultural planning and development in the different blocks of South 24 Parganas district generally.

Keywords:

Crop concentration, crop diversification, cropping pattern; coastal area, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Bhatia's method, Gibbs and Martin's index, sustainable agriculture

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