DYNAMICS OF CROPPING PATTERNS IN THE HEMAVATHI WATERSHED KARNATAKA STATE

The Simple meaning of cropping pattern is the total cultivated area under different crops at a particular time period, where as it explain the spatial variation of the crops in different time periods. The present study is explaining the cropping pattern in the Hemavathi watershed. The main objectives of this paper are to study the total cultivated area under different crops, annual variation and also indies of area under different crops in the study region. For this study the dominated seven crops in the study are considered these crops are paddy, ragi, jower, maize, sugarcane, coffee and tobacco. The study period i.e. 2008- 09 to 2018 -19 cropping data has been used to fulfil the objectives.