Changing Cropping Pattern in Western Haryana: A Geographical Analysis

The selection of crops and their varieties is to be made depending upon the type of surface and rainfall situation in the rained area. Proportion of area under different crops at a place and at a point of time is due to many physical, economical social technological and human constraints. History of Indian agriculture shows that various new agricultural arrangements has been adopted which change the overall traditional cropping pattern in India, Haryana as well as in the Western Haryana. Green revolution, minimum support price, land reforms, economic reforms, new technology and new agricultural techniques are the main factors that had changed overall cropping pattern of the study area. The present study emphases on the study of changing cropping pattern in Western Haryana. This research paper also tries to solve the queries relating to the cropping pattern in the study area. The study will depict the existing as well as changing cropping pattern spatially as well as temporally. The present study also draws attention towards controlling factors which is responsible in improving the cropping pattern of Western Haryana.