Regional Variation in Cereal and Pulses Productivity in Southern Rajasthan : A Comparative Analysis

By : Lalit Singh Jhala

Page No: 366-378

Abstract
Cereal and pulses provide significant nutritional and health benefits and are known to reduce severe non-communicable diseases. So increasing state population, cereals and pulses productivity will also increase. In Southern Rajasthan, 69.88 per cent area of the total cropped land is engaged in cereal cultivation and out of the total production, 69.43 per cent is contributed by the cereal production. So cereal productivity has a dominant role in total productivity in Southern Rajasthan. But only 10.19 per cent area of the total cropped land is engaged in pulses cultivation and out of the total production, 8.74 per cent is contributed by pulses production. However, compared to cereal, the growth rate of area and production of pulses is negligible. There exists a wide variability in their yield in different areas of the study region. This paper examines comparative studies in productivity of cereal and pulses and their affecting factors as irrigational facilities, use of HYV seeds and expenses on modern implements including tractorisation etc. among the factors which are the strongest force in promoting productivity. Productivity has been measured of each tehsil of the southern Rajasthan, between average of 1980-82 and 2010-12, and regression coefficients technique is used to examine the impact of factors on productivity.

Author :
Lalit Singh Jhala : Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/ATNAGI.2018.38.02.12