Dnyaneshwar Suryawanshi

 

DOI: 10.35666/28310438.2014.3.142

UDC: 911.3:338.43(547.1MAH)

 

Abstract: Horticulture plays a vital role & important sector of in the Indian Agriculture. It has gained commercial tone in the recent years in the country. India is now second largest producer of fruits and vegetables in the world after china. There is an overall increase in the demand for fruits and vegetables for consumption in both fresh and processed form at national as well as local level. The main aim of the present paper is to investigate the spatial and temporal analysis of horticultural development in the Nashik District of Maharashtra during the year from1960-61 to 2008-09. Nashik is one of the major agriculturally and industrially developed districts in the North Maharashtra. The secondary data is used for the present study. Fruits and vegetables crops are extensively grown in Nashik district. The study has observed in shifting cropping patterns in favour of horticulture of the Nashik district during the study periods. In 1960-61 only 1.53 percent area was under fruits and vegetables, which has increased upto 17.08 percent in 2008-09 in the study region. It means that, during the span of forty eight years 15.55 percent area under fruits and vegetables is increased in the study region. But horticultural development is not uniform in the study region. Grapes, pomegranate, onion and tomato are the major horticultural crops in the study area. The Illwis software is used for maps & indicating the spatial pattern of fruits and vegetables of the study region.

Keywords: Indian Agriculture, horticultural development, the Nashik District of Maharashtra, cropping patterns, fruits and vegetables

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