Economic Affairs
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 60
  • Issue: 1

A study of cropping system in Kandi area of Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir state

1National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture, DLRSS, SKUAST-J Main Campus, Chatha-180009, India

2Division of Agricultural Extension Education, SKUAST-Jammu, India

*Corresponding author: pkumar6674@gmail.com

Abstract

The present effort undertaken in the Kandi belt of Jammu region aimed to study the different crops grown in the area, the cropping pattern followed and to find out the cropping intensity of the selected area. The results of the study revealed that among the districts selected the Net Cultivable Area was the highest in Jammu district (59.50 ha) and the least was in Rajouri (55.15 ha). However, the Total Cropped Area was highest in district Udhampur (98.70 ha). The cropping intensity was highest in Udhampur 167.57 and the least in Jammu (163.61).

Keywords

Kandi, cropping pattern, cropping intensity