Abstract

Agriculture is not only an important economic activity but also a farm of social heritage and a way of life for the millions of Indian farmers. Irrigation is playing an important role on growing the oilseeds sector, there is an urgent need to find out ways to increase water supply. In this regard Dharwad district, which is a glomeration of wet and dry weather features and also the mixture of different soils and irrigated and dry cropping system represents a typical region to study the agricultural geography in general and major oilseeds in particular. Edible oilseeds cultivation in India is an integral part of agricultural system, as edible oilseeds are part of food item for the human population. The cultivation of oilseeds are found in all taluks of Dharwad district where annual rain fall to extent of 75 cm is available, besides the availability of irrigation in some parts, coupled with availability of black and red soils that have favored the cultivation of oilseeds

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