Level of Crop Diversification in the Dandakaranya Region: A Geographical Analysis
दण्डकारण्य प्रदेश में शस्य विविधता का स्तर: एक भौगोलिक विश्लेषण
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm2025.v05.n04.014Keywords:
Dandakaranya Region, Crop diversification, Index, LevelAbstract
Crop diversification refers to the number of crops cultivated within a specific region. The Dandakaranya region serves as the unit of study in the present research paper. Secondary data has been utilized for this study, sourced from the Agricultural Statistics Tables for the year 2023–24, published by the Office of the Commissioner of Land Records, Chhattisgarh, Raipur. For the analysis of the Crop Diversification Index, the methodology employed by Bhatia (1965) has been adopted. To determine the level of crop diversification, the analysis includes all crops sown across areas exceeding 0.1 percent of the total cultivated land in each of the seven districts comprising the Dandakaranya region. The analysis reveals that within the Dandakaranya region, crop diversification is high in the districts of Bastar, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Dantewada, and Sukma; moderate in Kanker; and low in Bijapur.
Abstract in Hindi Language: शस्य विविधता किसी क्षेत्र में उगाई जाने वाली फसलों की संख्या को प्रदर्शित करता है । प्रस्तुत शोधपत्र में अध्ययन की इकाई दण्डकारण्य प्रदेश है। शोध हेतु द्वितीयक आंकड़ों का प्रयोग किया गया है जो कार्यालय आयुक्त भू-अभिलेख छत्तीसगढ़, रायपुर द्वारा जारी कृषि सांख्यिकी सारणी वर्ष 2023-24 से प्राप्त किए गए हैं । शस्य विविधता सूचकांक के विश्लेषण हेतु भाटिया (1965) द्वारा प्रयुक्त विधि का प्रयोग किया गया है । शस्य विविधता का स्तर ज्ञात करने के लिए दण्डकारण्य प्रदेश के सभी सातों जिलों के 0.1 प्रतिशत से अधिक क्षेत्रफल पर बोई गई फसलों को सम्मिलित किया गया है । विश्लेषण से स्पष्ट हुआ कि दण्डकारण्य प्रदेश में बस्तर, कोण्डागांव, नारायणपुर, दंतेवाड़ा एवं सुकमा जिले में शस्य विविधता स्तर उच्च, कांकेर जिले में मध्यम एवं बीजापुर जिले में निम्न है ।
Keywords: दण्डकारण्य प्रदेश, शस्य विविधता, सूचकांक, स्तर ।
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