A Geographical Study of Major Crops in Osmanabad District

Agriculture plays very vital role in our economy. Agriculture is backbone of Indian economy. Nearly 75 percent peoples are engaged in agriculture. In recent years, agricultural growth in Osmanabad has accelerated remarkably, but most of this growth has been driven by increased yield per unit area rather than by expansion of the cultivated area. Looking towards future, to meet the demand for grain and to feed a growing population on the available arable land, it is suggested that annual crop production and yield should be increased. The objectives of this paper are to summarize the historical trend of crop production in Osmanabad and to examine the main constraints to the further increase of crop productivity. The paper provides a perspective on the challenge faced by technology in agriculture which must be met both in terms of increased crop productivity but also in increased resource use efficiency and the protection of environmental quality. Along with crops and their productivities the C-DAP deals with all the infrastructural and allied activities like soil health and conservation, optimal utilization of land and water resources, adequacy and purity of inputs, credit, marketing, livestock, dairying, poultry, fisheries, sericulture, agro-processing, agro services and strengthening of research, education and extension services, for continuing technological up gradation of the entire farming system.