Spatial Characteristics of Long-Term Changes in Indian Agricultural Production: District-Level Analysis, 1965-2007

Takashi Kurosaki and Kazuya Wada
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Takashi Kurosaki: Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, kurosaki@ier.hit-u.ac.jp
Kazuya Wada: Faculty of Global Communication, University of Nagasaki, Nagayo-cho

Journal, 2015, vol. 5, issue 1, 1-38

Abstract: In this paper, we com­pre­hen­sively de­scribe spa­tial pat­terns of long-term changes in In­dian agri­cul­ture at the dis­trict level. Vari­ables of con­cern in­clude the in­ten­sity of land-use, the shares of rice and wheat in areas under food­grains, the ratio of non-food­grains in gross cul­ti­vated area, the in­ten­sity of fer­til­izer-use, and in­di­vid­ual crop shares in gross cul­ti­vated areas. As one out­come of the de­scrip­tive analy­sis, we pro­pose a new re­gional clas­si­fi­ca­tion of In­dian dis­tricts based on sim­i­lar­ity in rain­fall, ini­tial crop­ping and land-use pat­terns, and ini­tial con­di­tions and changes in ir­ri­ga­tion. The pro­posed clas­si­fi­ca­tion has rea­son­able ex­plana­tory power in de­scrib­ing the spa­tial pat­terns of long-term changes at the dis­trict level.

Keywords: Spatial resource allocation; land-use intensity; crop mix; India. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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