Volume : 6, Issue : 6, JUN 2020

CROP DIVERSIFICATION IN LAKHISARAI DISTRICT OF BIHAR : A GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH

DR. YOGENDRA YADAV, ALPNA JYOTI

Abstract

Agriculture diversification refers to either a change in cropping pattern or the farmers opting for other non-farming options like poultry farming, animal husbandry etc. There are two types of agricultural diversification; 1. Horizontal diversification and 2. Vertical diversification. The study of crop combination and crop combination regions constitute an important aspect of agricultural geography as it provides a good basis for agricultural regionalization. The crops are generally grown in combinations and it is rarely that a particular crop occupies a position of total isolation other crops in a given spatial unit at a given point of time. The distribution maps of individual crops are interesting and useful for planners but it is even more important to view the integrated assemblage of the various crops grown in a spatial unit. The demarcation of the district into the rice region or wheat region does not explain the agriculturally significant fact that very often the wheat region also has a rice crop and vice versa or wheat is often grown with gram, barley, mustard, lentil, peas and rapeseed . For a comprehensive study and clear cut understanding of the agricultural mosaic of an agro-climatic region and for the planning g and development of its agriculture. A systematic study of crop combinations is of great significance.

Keywords

CROP COMBINATION, REGIONALIZATION, GRAM, BARLEY, MUSTARD, LENTIL, PEAS.

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