Analysis of cropping intensity and irrigation intensity in North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal, India

Mondal Tarun Kumar () and Sarkar Santana ()
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Mondal Tarun Kumar: Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India
Sarkar Santana: Department of Geography, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2021, vol. 25, issue 4, 246-258

Abstract: An attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the spatio-temporal variations of cropping intensity and irrigation intensity, and their relationship, in North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal, India from 1996/97 to 2015/16. The relationship between cropping intensity and irrigation intensity has been assessed using partial correlation, residual mapping and hierarchical cluster analysis. One-way ANOVA has been conducted for testing the equality of cluster means. Temporal analysis from 1996/97 to 2015/16 has shown a low positive correlation between cropping intensity and irrigation intensity for the entire district. Analysis at Agricultural Block level has revealed that cropping intensity decreased in many cases even after an increase in irrigation intensity. In general, cropping intensity has increased with the increase in irrigation intensity in the Coastal Saline Region and the Ichhamati Basin, whereas cropping intensity has increased even after a decrease in irrigation intensity in the Gangetic Plains Region in the district.

Keywords: Cropping intensity; hierarchical cluster analysis; irrigation intensity; ANOVA; residual mapping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0063

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