Identify major cropping pattern followed by farmers in different soil types of Rajnandgaon district

Abstract

The study analyzed the cropping pattern by farmers in different soil types in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh state. The result indicates that under rice-based cropping system, chickpea was the most popular second crop grown by 59.72 per cent of the respondents. The use of buds available in their fields by respondents are presented that a maximum 45.83 per cent of the farmers were having babul tree (Acacia nilotica) on the bunds of their fields. It was found that more than 46.53 per cent of the respondents were utilizing their land fully for crop husbandry. The study revealed that 42.75 per cent respondents had the intensity of cropping between 101-125 per cent followed by 18.05 per cent of them had up to 100 per cent cropping intensity. Land utilization is also well represented by the cropping intensity hence the Correlation coefficient was worked out between the selected independent variables and cropping intensity.