Authors : Kisan S. Patil
Page Nos : 70-73
Description :
Agriculture has progressed a long way in India from an era of frequent droughts and vulnerability to food shortages, to become a significant exporter of a diversified basket of agricultural commodities. Maharashtra accounts for nearly 9% of the total agricultural income of the country. The state has major area under sugarcane. As per the figures available from Agricultural Department of the state almost 91.83% production is of sugarcane. The productivity of some of the food crops like wheat, rice, cereals and cash crops such as cotton has however remained low. The state government have invested substantial amount in agriculture infrastructure like irrigation, fertilizer industry. However, out of the 23% land under cultivation, only 16% of the land is under irrigation. Considering the fact of maximum use of available water in the last 10 to 12 years, drip irrigation has become most popular, particularly in crops like grapes, pomegranate, banana, sugarcane, cotton etc. Which results in 60% of the area under drip in the country is located in Maharashtra. Considering these facts present article is devoted to study the agricultural productivity in Maharashtra keeping in view the changing agricultural production.
Keywords: Agricultural, Productivity, Maharashtra.
