Agricultural Development in Himachal Pradesh |
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... study period . This decrease of this crop group to the total crop- ped area is due to shift in area in favour of pulses during the period of study . The highest proportionate area under cereals was observed in Chamba ( 90.64 per cent ) ...
... study period . This decrease of this crop group to the total crop- ped area is due to shift in area in favour of pulses during the period of study . The highest proportionate area under cereals was observed in Chamba ( 90.64 per cent ) ...
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... period 1966-67 to 1979-80 . The study period was confined to 1966-67 , as the State was reorganised in 1966 ; till then its area was nearly half of the present . The whole study is based on secondary data which was collected from ...
... period 1966-67 to 1979-80 . The study period was confined to 1966-67 , as the State was reorganised in 1966 ; till then its area was nearly half of the present . The whole study is based on secondary data which was collected from ...
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... study period . The area from black gram shifted to- wards gram cultivation . Potato is considered to be an important cash crop and is generally used as seed in plain areas . The crop has shown a very high increase in its area in Lahaul ...
... study period . The area from black gram shifted to- wards gram cultivation . Potato is considered to be an important cash crop and is generally used as seed in plain areas . The crop has shown a very high increase in its area in Lahaul ...
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Agricultural Census agricultural credit agricultural sector analysis Area and Yield area sown average barley Bilaspur Chamba black gram cent per annum Chamba district change change change compound growth rates consumption crop group cropping pattern cultivation districts have shown Districtwise farm farmers fertilizer food crops foodgrains forests fruits green manuring gross cropped area grown Hamirpur Hamirpur district highest increase Himachal Pradesh Important Crops increasing trend India interaction irrigated irrigational facilities Kangra district kharif Kinnaur district Kulu labour Lahaul & Spiti Lahaul-Spiti lakhs land use pattern maize Mandi district manure marginal Mustard negative growth rates non-food crops number of holdings paddy percentage population potato proportionate area pulses Rabi crop rapeseed rice Sesamum shift shown an increase shown decrease shown negative growth shows Simla and Sirmur Simla districts Sirmur districts Solan districts study period TABLE 5.4 Contd tenancy thousand hectares total area total cropped area Una districts vegetables wheat whereas Yield Cropping