Impact of rainfall and Rainy days on sugarcane production in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra
| Vol-4 | Issue-10 | October 2019 | Published Online: 14 October 2019 PDF ( 516 KB ) | ||
| Author(s) | ||
| Mr. Namdeo Subhash Ghule 1; Dr. U. B. Pathre 2; Dr. M. V. Suryawanshi 3 | ||
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1Research Student- Department of Geography, Dr. B.A.M.University, Aurangabad (M.S.) (India) 2Research Guide- Principal, Shri A.B. College, Devgaon Rangari, Tal. Kannad, Dist. A’bad (M.S.) (India) 3Head, Dept. of Geography, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (India) |
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| Abstract | ||
The aim of this study is to analyses the rainfall and rainy days. It Impact on sugarcane production in Ahmednagar district. Sugarcane is a cash crop in the Ahmednagar district. Cultivation and production dependent on the rainfall and water availability. Water availability directly depends on the rainy day and % of rainfall. It needs sufficient water and deep soil. Rainfall and crop distribution of sugarcane has finding the correlation. The annual rainfall, annually rainy days (2000 to 2014) and annually sugarcane production of the 15 years (2000-01 to 2014-15) are analyses by using collected data. Sugarcane productivity positively get affect with increasing rainfall, then area under sugarcane crop and production get increased. The study concluded that there are stronger correlations between the rainfall and sugarcane production in this study period. |
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| Keywords | ||
| Rainfall, Rainy days, Agriculture, Area, Sugarcane, Production. | ||
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