Effect of changing rainfall pattern on agriculture sector : a case of Vidarbha region, Amravati Division (Also available on CD)
Material type: TextPublication details: 2013Description: xvi,84,xxvp.,CD-ROMDDC classification:- P TH-1524 MEH
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Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.1.1 Changing Rainfall Pattern 2 1.1.2 Effect of Rainfall Pattern Change on Agriculture and Agriculture Land Use 3 1.2 Need for Study 5 1.2.1 Case of Vidarbha Region 5 1.2.2 Aim 5 1.2.3 Objective 6 1.2.4 Research Question 6 1.3 Scope of Work 6 1.4 Limitations 6 1.5 Methodology for Selection of Area 7 1.5.1 Selection of District. 7 1.5.2 Selection of Village 7 1.5.3 Selection of the Sample Size: 8 Table 3: Sample selected form village 8 1.5.4 Crop Selected For Study Purpose 8 1.6 Data collection 8 Chapter 2: Literature Review 10 2.1 National Action Plan on Climate Change, GOI 10 2.2 Risks, Farmers Suicides and Agrarian Crisis in Vidharbha Region (Srijit Mishra, September 2007) 10 2.3 Vulnerability of Climate Change in Agriculture. 11 2.4 National Policy for Farmers 2007 14 CHAPTER 3: PROFILE OF STUDY AREA 16 3.1 Introduction of Vidarbha Region 16 3.2 Agro climatic zones of Vidarbha 17 3.3 Introduction of Akola District 19 3.3.2 Introduction of Buldhana District 22 3.3.3 Introduction of Yavatmal District 24 3.4 Land use classification of selected village 26 3.5 Agriculture details. 27 CHAPTER 4: FIELD INVENTORY 30 4.1 District wise Rainfall pattern 30 4.2 Taluka wise change in rainfall pattern, and effect of rainfall on area under crop and production. 32 4.4 Effect of Rainfall (mm) Pattern on Fertilizers consumption (MT) 47 3.5 Village Wise Analysis. 49 3.5.1 Caste Wise Income and Land Holding 49 4.5.2 Land Holding as Per Income in study area. 53 4.5.3 Reasons for Changing Cropping Pattern 56 3.4.3 Moving Average frequency area under specific crop in village 57 4.6 Government schemes in the study area. 60 4.7 Findings from Group Discussion and Personal interview. 62 4.7.1 Adaptive and Meditative Measures taken. 62 4.8 Percentage Land use change in selected crop in between year 2001- 2010... 65 4.8.1 Percentage change in Production in selected crop in between year 2001- 2010 66 4.8 Summary and the key issues 66 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION 70 5.1 Conclusion 70 5.2 Recommendations 71 Bibliography 72 ANNEXURE 74 1.Village Level Survey 74 2. Household Survey Form 78
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