Agricultural Development and Planning in Western Satpura Region
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Dr. Lalit Pratap Sandanshiv is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Geography of S.V.S’s Dadasaheb Rawal College, Dondaicha affiliated to K.B.C. North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon (Maharashtra). Presently he is holding the responsibility of Head of the Department. He has 22 years teaching experience of under graduate and post graduate. He has participated in several international, national and state level conferences, seminars, symposiums, workshops and presented research papers. He has published more than fifty research papers in refereed national and international journals and eight books. He has also completed minor research project of UGC, WRO, Pune.
He has expertise in Economic Geography, Agricultural Geography, Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System and other branches of Geography. He has completed NNMRS course of Indian Space Research Organization, Deharadun (Uttarakhand). Moreover, he has honoured with the “Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship Award-2015” of Dalit Sahitya Akadamy, New Delhi and “Vidya Bhushan Award 2010” of INSA organization, Buldhana ( MS). Presently he is a member of Board of Study of Geography in K.B.C. North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. Three students of Ph.D. are doing their research work under his supervision in K.B.C. North Maharashtra Jalgaon.
- Introduction : 1.1 Introduction, 1.2 Study Region, 1.3 Review of Literature, 1.4 Limitations, 1.5 Objectives, 1.6 Hypotheses, 1.7 Data Base, 1.8 Methodology, 1.9 Organisation of the Research Work
- Geographical Environment : 2.1 Physical Structure, 2.1.1 Relief, 2.1.2 Geology, 2.1.3 Soils, 2.1.4 Drainage, 2.1.5 Forest Resources, 2.1.6 Climate, 2.2 Administrative Set Up, 2.3 Social Background, 2.3.1 Demographic Structure, 2.3.2 Settlement Structure, 2.4 Human Resources, 2.5 Transport
- Agricultural Land : 3.1 Introduction, 3.2 Land Resources, 3.2.1 Noticeable Features of Land Resources in Western Satpura Region : 2010 – 11., 3.2.1 a) Area under Forest, 3.2.1 b) Area available for Cultivation, 3.2.1 c) Cultivable Waste, 3.2.1 d) Area not available for cultivation, 3.3 Cropping Pattern, 3.4 Animal Wealth, 3.5 Crop Combination
- Agricultural System and Levels of Agricultural Development : 4.1 Introduction, 4.2 Selection of Variables of Agricultural, 4.3 Agricultural Infrastructure, 4.3.1 Net Sown Area per Agricultural Worker, 4.3.2 Intensity of irrigation, 4.3.3 No. of electric motor pump sets per 1000 hectares of Net Area, 4.3.4 No. of Oil engines per 1000 hectare of Net Area Sown, 4.3.5 No. of Threshers per 1000 hectares of Net Area Sown, 4.3.6 No. of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies per 1000 Cultivators, 4.3.7 No. of Tractors per 1000 hectares of Net Area Sown, 4.3.8 No. of Sprayers per 1000 hectares of Net Area Sown, 4.4 Agricultural Condition, 4.4.1 Average Size of Landholding, 4.4.2 Percentage of Literate Population to total Population, 4.5 Agricultural Productivity, 4.5.1 Commercialization of Agriculture, 4.5.2 Adoption of High Yield Variety Seeds, 4.5.3 Cropping Intensity, 4.5.4 Proportion of Net Sown Area to Total Geographical Area, 4.5.5 Area sown more than once
- Case Studies : 5.1 Introduction, 5.1.1 Western Mountainous Zone, 5.1.2 Central and North-eastern Hilly Zone, 5.1.3 Eastern and Southern Mountainous Region, 5.2 Demographic Features, 5.2.2 Size of Family Literacy, 5.3 Socio-Economic Features, 5.3.1 Ameneties, 5.3.2 Occupational Structure, 5.4 Agricultural features in Surveyed Villages, 5.4.1 Size of landholding, 5.4.2 Cropping Pattern, 5.4.3 Ranking of Crops, 5.5 Crop Concentration in Surveyed Villages, 5.6 Modern agricultural tools and empliments, 5.7 Live Stock
- Overall Levels of Agricultural Development and Planning : 6.1 Introduction, 6.1.1 High Level of Agricultural Development : (161.28 <), 6.1.2 Medium Level of Agricultural Development : (120.01 – 161.27), 6.1.3 Low Level of Agricultural Development : (78.74 – 120.0), 6.1.4 Very Low Level of Agricultural Development : (< 78.73), 6.2 Overall Levels of Agricultural Development : (based on weightage method), 6.2.1 High Level of Agricultural Development : (32.0 <), 6.2.2 Moderate level of agricultural development : (28 – 31), 6.3.3 Low Level of Agricultural Development : (24 – 27), 6.3.4 Very Low Level of Agricultural Development : (< 23)., 6.4 Planning for Regional Agricultural Development
- Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Appendix