Assistant Professor, A.S. College, Khanna, Punjab, India
Online published on 22 September, 2015.
Crop diversification is considered as an important tool for acceleration of agricultural growth in India by promoting food and nutritional security, income and employment generation, poverty alleviation, judicious use of natural resources and ecological management. Important factors determining crop diversification, pattern of crop diversification, and problems and prospects associated with crop diversification are discussed in this paper.