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Relationship Between Productivity of Major Cereals and Irrigation Intensity in Birbhum District of West Bengal, India: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis


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1 Research Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal, India
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal, India
     

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Birbhum, a drought-prone district, is one of the important cereals producing districts in West Bengal, India. Rice (aus, aman and boro) and wheat are the main cereals produced in this district. In Birbhum district, the area under rice has been recorded as 7.23 per cent of the total rice area and wheat as 9.95 per cent of the total wheat area in West Bengal in 2015-16. This district has accounted for 8.41 per cent of the total rice production and 11.73 per cent of the total wheat production in this State in 2015-16. Rice and wheat shared 99.94 per cent of the total cereals production and 99.89 per cent of the total area under cereals in this district in 2015-16. In 2015-16, the area under rice and wheat has been reported as 74.01 and 6.26 per cent, respectively, to the gross cropped area in this district. However, the areal coverage and production of these major cereals in this drought-prone district mainly depend on the availability of irrigated water. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the relationship between the productivity of major cereals and irrigation intensity in Birbhum district during the period from 1996-97 to 2015-16. In this context, spatio- temporal variations in productivity of major cereals in this district have been analysed during the period following the technique of crop yield index (Tambad & Patel, 1970). The relationship between the productivity of major cereals and irrigation intensity in the district has been examined with residual maps. This study has revealed that the productivity of major cereals is largely controlled by the extent of irrigation facilities in the study area.

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Cereals, Crop Yield Index, Irrigation Intensity, Productivity.
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Mrinmoy Saha
Research Scholar, Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal, India
Tarun Kumar Mondal
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia District, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Birbhum, a drought-prone district, is one of the important cereals producing districts in West Bengal, India. Rice (aus, aman and boro) and wheat are the main cereals produced in this district. In Birbhum district, the area under rice has been recorded as 7.23 per cent of the total rice area and wheat as 9.95 per cent of the total wheat area in West Bengal in 2015-16. This district has accounted for 8.41 per cent of the total rice production and 11.73 per cent of the total wheat production in this State in 2015-16. Rice and wheat shared 99.94 per cent of the total cereals production and 99.89 per cent of the total area under cereals in this district in 2015-16. In 2015-16, the area under rice and wheat has been reported as 74.01 and 6.26 per cent, respectively, to the gross cropped area in this district. However, the areal coverage and production of these major cereals in this drought-prone district mainly depend on the availability of irrigated water. Therefore, an attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the relationship between the productivity of major cereals and irrigation intensity in Birbhum district during the period from 1996-97 to 2015-16. In this context, spatio- temporal variations in productivity of major cereals in this district have been analysed during the period following the technique of crop yield index (Tambad & Patel, 1970). The relationship between the productivity of major cereals and irrigation intensity in the district has been examined with residual maps. This study has revealed that the productivity of major cereals is largely controlled by the extent of irrigation facilities in the study area.

Keywords


Cereals, Crop Yield Index, Irrigation Intensity, Productivity.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.25175/jrd%2F2021%2Fv40%2Fi4%2F152213