Abstract
With the limited resources of land and water in hand, their optimum use is a must to for increased production of food grains to the demands of increasing population. The productivity in any area can be substantially raised by growing the crops suitable to the area with the help of newly developed agricultural techniques. Rainfed crops would continue to dominate in the agriculture of Mysore district.
Highlights
The selection of crops is very important, in the agro - climatic conditions of the district under study
The physical environment provides a wide range of possibilities for growing crops, but the social and economical conditions determine as to which the crops to be grown are and how much of it is to be devoted to different crops
Social and cultural values strongly influence the cropping pattern especially in the countries where agriculture is a way of life (Buchanan, R.O. (1959)
Summary
The selection of crops is very important, in the agro - climatic conditions of the district under study. All correlates of cropping pattern are of a dynamic nature, except physical elements which take a comparatively longer time to change their determinants belonging to the economic traits change very fast. Technological advancement such as irrigation, soil and water conservation adoption to high yielding verities of seeds, use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, improvement in the means of transportation, marketing and storage facilities, price incentives decides which crop to be grown. Unless the major crops of the districts are studied in their ranking order and the areal strength of each crops is determined, an appropriate association of soil and soil enriching crops for each situation cannot be ascertained. Calculations have been made up to 10 to 13th ranking crops and the resultant patterns have been plotted in figure 5.1 for the year 1971-72 to 1997-98
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