Department Agricultural Marketing, Cooperation and Business Management, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore-560065, Karnataka
*Corresponding author: ssiddayya@gmail.com
Online published on 22 February, 2021.
The study attempts to analyze land use dynamics in Karnataka based on secondary data from 2008-09 to 2016 17. The decadal shift in cropping pattern shows positive acreage allocation for maize, nutria-cereals, pulses and commercial crops like sugarcane, cotton, oilseeds, tomato and onion. The survey of 200 farmers from five districts revealed that farmers’ eke out living through income from diversified sources like dairy, remittance by family members and labor wages. The average annual household income of Rs 1,95,862. For more than 50% of respondents, doubling farmers’ income is an indomitable task under the prevailing production and market conditions.
