Impact of Bhokarbari irrigation project on irrigeted cropping pattern in its command area in Jalgaon district

Abstract

Cropping pattern means the proportion of area under different crop, while changes in cropping pattern refer to change in proportion of area under different irrigated crops at different periods. The present paper tries to investigate the impact of Bhokarbari irrigation project on irrigation cropping pattern in its command area in Jalgaon district. The data about area under different crops as well as area under irrigation are obtained from tehsil records of Amalner tehsil (T20). A simple methodology is used to correlate the proportion of area under irrigation and area under different irrigated crops. It revealed that, TN the central part Intensive irrigated area are observed in the command area of the project. The central part of the study area is having good amount of groundwater. Therefore, more than 16 irrigated crops are successfully growing. Cropping pattern, irrigation system and small size of farm display economic condition of the farmers.