Dynamics of land use pattern and determinants of fallow land across various agro-climatic zones of

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Dynamics of land use pattern and
determinants of fallow land across various
agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh

THESIS

Submitted to the
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur

In partial fulfillment of the requirement for
the Degree of

MASTER OF SCIENCE

In

AGRICULTURE
(AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FARM MANAGEMENT)

By
PRASANNA KOLAR

Department of Agricultural Economics & Farm Management
College Of Agriculture, Jabalpur 482004
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur, (M.P.)

2017
CERTIFICATE – I
This is to certify that the thesis entitled “Dynamics of land use pattern
and determinants of fallow land across various Agro-climatic zones of

Madhya Pradesh” submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the
degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (Agriculture) in Agricultural Economics and
Farm Management of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa vidyalaya, Jabalpur, is a
record of the bonafide research work carried out by Mr. Prasanna Kolar, under
my guidance and supervision. The subject of the thesis has been approved by
the Student’s Advisory Committee and the Director of Instruction.
All the assistance and help received during the course of investigation
has been acknowledged by him.
Place: Jabalpur Signature
Date: (Dr. Deepak Rathi)
Chairman of the Advisory Committee
THESIS IS APPROVED BY THE STUDENT’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Committee Name Signature

Chairman Dr. Deepak Rathi

Member Dr. P.K. Awasthi

Member Dr. S.K. Agrawal

Member Dr. H.L. Sharma

Thesis is approved by

The Professor and Head
Name seal and signature
CERTIFICATE - II
This is to certify that the thesis entitled “Dynamics of land use
pattern and determinants of fallow land across various Agro-climatic
zones of Madhya Pradesh” submitted by Mr. Prasanna Kolar to the
Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa vidyalaya, Jabalpur, in partial fulfilment of the
requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (Agriculture) in the
Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, has been,
after evaluation, approved by the External Examiner and by the Student’s
Advisory Committee after an oral examination on the same.

Place: Jabalpur
Date: (Dr. Deepak Rathi )
Chairman of the Advisory Committee

MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Committee Name Signature

Chairman Dr. Deepak Rathi ……………………
Member Dr. P.K. Awasthi ……………………
Member Dr. S.K. Agrawal ……………………

……………………
Member Dr. H.L. Sharma

Head of the Dr. N.K. Raghuwanshi ……………………
Department

Director of Instruction Dr. D. Khare ……………………
Declaration and Undertaking by the Candidate
I, Prasanna Kolar, S/o Ashok Kolar ,Certify the work embodied in thesis
entitled “Dynamics of land use pattern and determinants of fallow land across
various Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh” is my own hand bonafide
work carried out by me under the guidance of Dr. Deepak Rathi at
Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, College of
Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur during 2017.
The matter embodied in the thesis has not been submitted for the
award of any other degree/diploma. Due credit has been made to all the
assistance and help.
I, undertake the complete responsibility that any act of
misinterpretation, mistakes, and errors of fact are entirely of my own.
I, also abide myself with the decision taken by my advisor for the
publication of material extracted from the thesis work and subsequent
improvement, on mutually beneficial basis, provided the due credit is given,
thereof.

Place: Jabalpur
Date: Prasanna Kolar
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Subject - Agriculture
Department - Agricultural Economics and Farm
Management
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Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur,
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Date:
Place: Jabalpur

Dr. Deepak Rathi (Prasanna Kolar)
Major Advisor Student
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First of all I thank the ‘Almighty God’ who has blessed me with the
opportunity and strength to successfully complete this work.
It is indeed a great pleasure in getting this privilege to express my
indebtedness and deepest sense of gratitude and sincere thanks to my guide Dr.
Deepak Rathi, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics & Farm
Management, College of Agriculture, J.N.K.V.V., Jabalpur for his illuminating
guidance, constructive criticism and constant encouragement throughout the course
and specially during my dissertation.
I have intense desire to express my wholehearted sense of gratitude to
venerable member of my advisory committee namely Dr. S.K. Agrawal, Professor,
Department of Extension Education and Dr. H.L. Sharma, Head, Department of
Mathematics and statistics for their valuable guidance and fruitful suggestions during
the course of study and preparation of manuscript. I extend my profound
indebtedness and thanks to Dr. P.K. Awasthi, Professor, Department of Agricultural
Economics & Farm Management.
I express my sincere thanks else I would be failing in my duty if I forget to
express my due obligations to Dr. R.M. Sahu, Dr. A. Shrivastava, Dr. D.N. Tiwari,
Dr. A.K. Sarawgi, Prof. N.P. Sharma, Dr. H.O. Sharma and Dr. N.K. Raghuwanshi
for their constant encouragement and suggestions at various stages during the
course of this study.
I am very much thankful to Dr. D. Khare, Director of Instruction, JNKVV,
Jabalpur and Smt. Dr. Om Gupta, Dean, College of Agriculture, Jabalpur for their
supervision during the period of investigation.
With the deepest of humanity and gratefulness, I feel myself duly bound to
express my heartfelt and sincere thanks to Ravi Singh Chouvan, Research associate
(AERC), Librarian and all the Staff Members of the Department of Agricultural
Economics and Farm Management, J.N.K.V.V., Jabalpur for their help in more than
one way or other, during the course of my investigation.
Words are not enough to express my heartiest feelings towards my father
Shri Ashok Kolar, my mother Smt. Shakuntala Kolar, my elder brother Praveen Kolar,
my friend Ankita Sahu and all my well-wishers whose blessings and guidance helped
me in the timely completion of this manuscript.
I would like to convey my profound and cordial thanks to my colleagues
Bhupendra, Jimir, Vijay, Vikas, Tamilazhaki, Reena and Durga for their support..

Place: Jabalpur
Date: (Prasanna Kolar)
LIST OF CONTENTS
Number Title Page
1. Introduction 1-3
2. Review of Literature 4-13
3. Material and Methods 14-22
4. Results & Discussion 23-42
5. Summary, Conclusions and Suggestions for 43-47
further work
5.1 Summary
5.2 Conclusions
5.3 Suggestions for further work
6. Bibliography 48-49
Curriculum Vitae
LIST OF TABLES
Number Title Page
3.1 Agro-Climatic Regions and Covered Districts /Tehsils in 14-15
Madhya Pradesh
4.1 Trend & Growth rate of Forest land in different Agro- 24
climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.2 Trend & Growth rate of uncultivated land in different 26
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.3 Trend & Growth rate of cultivable wasteland in different 27
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.4 Trend & Growth rate of current fallow land in different 29
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.5 Trend & Growth rate of old fallow land in different Agro- 31
climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.6 Trend & Growth rate of net area sown in different Agro- 33
climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.7 Trend & Growth rate of area sown more than in different 34
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.8 Trend & Growth rate of gross cropped area in different 36
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.9 Trend & Growth rate of cropping intensity in different 37
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.10 Trend & Growth rate of net irrigated area in different 38
Agro-climatic zones of Madhya Pradesh
4.11 Regression coefficient of different independent variables 41
determining fallow land in various Agro-climatic zones of
Madhya Pradesh
LIST OF FIGURES
Number Title Page
3.1 Map of the study area 16
4.1 Trend of Forest land in M.P. during 2000-2014 25
4.2 Trend of Uncultivated land in M.P. during 2000-2014 26
4.3 Trend of Cultivable waste land in M.P. during 2000-2014 28
4.4 Trend of Current fallow land in M.P. during 2000-2014 30
4.5 Trend of old fallow land in M.P. during 2000-2014 32
4.6 Trend of net area sown in M.P. during 2000-2014 33
4.7 Trend of area sown more than once in M.P. during 2000- 35
2014
4.8 Trend of gross cropped area in M.P. during 2000-2014 36
4.9 Trend of cropping intensity in M.P. during 2000-2014 38
4.10 Trend of net irrigated area in M.P. during 2000-2014 39
4.11 Share of different parameters of land use pattern in 40
geographical area of M.P. in the base year
4.12 Share of different parameters of land use pattern in 42
geographical area of M.P. in the current year
INTRODUCTION

The land is scarce resource for agriculture. As a basic input for
agriculture, land occupies a pre-element position among all the resources
required for the development of agriculture sector. Like any other resource,
the land has two dimensions, viz, quality and quantity and both of these
crucial aspects are under serious threats due to the intensive and extensive
use of land both for agriculture and non-agriculture purpose. The competition
between agriculture and non-agriculture sector for land is intensifying due to
increasing pressure on land for food production on one hand and housing,
industrial expansion, creation of infrastructural facilities etc. on the other hand.
Land use is highly a dynamic process. Land resources constitute the
fundamental base for all human activities. It is the most important natural
resource of a country like India where agricultural sector is relatively more
prominent than the manufacturing sector.
The way and the extent to which the land is utilized set the pace of a
country’s economic development. The land is important not only for producing
foodstuffs, cereals, pulses and other crops for consumption but also for
generating surpluses to meet increasing demands created by rising
population and developing industrial sector, for laying down the transport
network, communication, construction of dwellings and public institution etc.
1.1 Land use pattern
Land use pattern is a process, which assigns each tract of land in an
area to its proper class in a system of classes. The classes on the system are
defined in terms of the qualities or characteristics with which the classification
is concerned. The land use pattern of the country at any particular time is
determined by the physical, economic and institutional framework taken
together. In other words, the existing land use pattern has been evolved as
the result of the action and interaction of various factors such as the physical
characteristics of land, the institutional framework, the structure of other
resources such as capital, labour etc.