Year: 2014 | Month: March | Volume 59 | Issue 1
Changing Cropping Pattern from Conventional to Market Oriented Value Added Crops in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India: Variations and Causes
Adnan Shakeel
DOI:10.5958/J.0976-4666.59.1.008
Abstract:
The study of cropping pattern is very important because it provide evidences about the changes that are taking place in landuse related to agriculture. The vast, extensive and densely populated state of Uttar Pradesh, while generally backward and predominantly agriculture is marked by considerable
changes in cropping pattern. The study focuses on Eastern Uttar Pradesh, which is still identified as backward region in comparison to Western Uttar Pradesh. Changes in cropping patterns are examined from the pre-Green Revolution period (1950-53) to post-Green Revolution period (up to 2006-09) on the basis of data obtained from the Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Statistics and Economics, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Patterns of changes in the study area are shown by the
proportions of land occupied by the respected crop to total cropped area and their proportion of production to the total agricultural production. The data shows that, area and production of certain crops such as fine cereals (wheat and rice) increased through out the study period and on the other
extreme the area and production of our traditional crops like pulses, coarse cereals and small millets decreased. Some of the cash crops like oilseeds and sugarcane are also increasing, showing that cropping pattern is shifting from traditional to market oriented value added crops, which are more
profitable and less risky to grow. Moreover, this shift in cropping pattern also affects the food and nutritional security of the masses.
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