Dr. Promila Devi
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Government College, Pangi (Dist. Chamba)
Himachal Pradesh (India)
Abstract
Agriculture is one of the essential sources of human life supporting foods, nutrients etc., of their daily needs. The present investigation attempts to scrutinize the changes during the past three decades of Hydropower project affected villages in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. The Cropping pattern is the proportion of area under different crops, the nature of rotation of crops, and area under double cropping in a region or in a country. A change in cropping pattern means a change in the proportionate area under different crops. The present study is based on secondary data, data was collected from twenty-one villages of eight Patwar circles. The overall study reveals that positive as well as negative impacts has been observed in the study areas. It shows the positive correlation of area in the form of cereal crops as well as cash crops. Whereas, the area under ailing crops like Urd and Mustard has been found in declined form.
Keywords: Cropping-Pattern, Spatio-Temporal, Hydro Power Project Area.
