Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research

Shivalika Sood ¹, Virender Kumar ¹, Harbans Lal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics Extension Education & Rural Sociology, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishavidyalaya, Palampur - 176 062, IN

Abstract

The land use pattern of an area is an outcome of demographic, environmental, technical, and institutional factors. Information on land use changes is necessary for understanding the relationships between humans and the natural environment. The purpose of this article is to review the previous studies on the spatiotemporal changes on land use in India. Drawing upon the enormous information of forty two studies conducted between 1979 and 2019, this article aimed to study the changes in land use pattern and different factors affecting land use using different methods across space and time. The findings show that compound growth rate and percentages were mostly employed to study these changes and regression analysis was used to determine the factors affecting the land use. Moreover, these articles concluded that land use changes occurred as a result of both natural and man-made factors which lead to increase in one category of land use and decrease in another. Therefore, proper monitoring of these land use changes when applied will help the government agencies and environmental managers in managing the use of most scarce natural resource on this planet.

Keywords

Land Use, Spatio-Temporal Changes, Compound Growth Rates, Regression Analysis.

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Mahima G. Ghabru ¹, Krishan Dutt Sharma ¹, Harbans Lal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Rural Sociology College of Agriculture CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, IN

Abstract

Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) inter-alia have initiated the process of socio-economic development in rural areas by ensuring participatory management of masses and implementation of various social upliftment and poverty alleviation schemes. The study objective is to highlight the functioning of PRIs in the four districts viz., Solan and Una (developed districts), Chamba and Sirmaur (under-developed districts) of Himachal Pradesh using both primary and secondary data. Multistage random sampling technique was employed and a sample of 200 respondents was selected from 40 panchayats of 8 blocks. The findings of the study revealed that amongst all selected panchayats the maximum share in panchayats income was contributed by external sources i.e. Funds under Centre Sponsored Schemes like MGNREGA, PMAY, NRLM, etc. and funds from Finance Commission. Panchayats generate lot of income from various internal sources in which maximum share is contributed by liquor cess followed by house/land tax across all selected panchayats. Panchayats were effectively utilizing funds available with them by community asset creation, land development, sanitation, water supply, lightening and welfare, etc.

Keywords

Panchayati Raj Institutions, Multistage random sampling, MGNREGA.

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Diksha Sethi ¹, Virender Kumar ¹, Harbans Lal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Rural Sociology College of Agriculture, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur-176 062,, IN

Abstract

The study aims to examine the growth performance of vegetables in Himachal Pradesh. The study is entirely based on secondary data collected from various publications of the state government. The trends in area, production and yield of major vegetables in Himachal Pradesh were worked out through compound growth rate, instability index and decomposition analysis. The analysis was done for the period, triennium ending (TE) 1997-98 to 2021-22. The study revealed that area, production and productivity of vegetable crops increased during the study period, however, the increase in area and production was higher than increase in the productivity. Also, the growth trend of total vegetable crops in the state was significant in area (5.47% p.a), production (6.64% p.a) and productivity (1.12% p.a). Among different vegetables grown in the state, greatest increase in the area, production and productivity was found in cauliflower followed by peas. The peas had dominated the cropping pattern with maximum share in area (27.53%) and tomato had maximum share in the production (27.80%). The instability in area, production and yield of selected vegetables and total vegetables was found very low which indicated that area under vegetables has increased steadily. Decomposition analysis of vegetable production revealed that overall increase in production of vegetable crops was due to area expansion. It was concluded that both agro-ecological as well as economic factors favour the cultivation of vegetable crops in Himachal Pradesh.

Keywords

Vegetables, growth, instability and decomposition analysis.

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