Abstract: The present paper attempted to assess the cropping land use change in Jammu and Kashmir and its impact on the food imports of the state. Cropping land use is a dynamic process and it keeps on changing with the change in economic returns of the crops, agro-climatic conditions, farm programmes, conservation strategies and management, and environmental regulations. The cropping land use in India underwent large-scale changes after green revolution and major shift occurred from cereals to non-cereals. The state of Jammu and Kashmir also experienced a change in the cropping land use though with varying degree of intensity across its spatial units (districts). The analysis of the data reveals that area under paddy, maize and wheat have registered a negative growth during the last thirty years. The area under orchards has increased in all the districts of the state. The food deficit of the state increased from 33.9 percent in 1980 to 43.2 percent in 2008 and thus the food imports increased steadily over the period of time. The import of wheat increased from 0.77 lac metric tons in 1980 to 1.82 lac metric tons in 2008 and rice imports increased from 1.50 lac metric tons in 1980 to 4.81 lac metric tons in the same time period. The urban areas reflect more imports than rural areas. Moreover, Jammu division of the state have low food import level than Kashmir valley and Ladakh regions of the state.
Keywords: Cropping land use, spatial, food import, dynamics, orchard.
Title: SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF FOOD IMPORTS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR, INDIA
Author: Showkat A. Ganaie, Jahangeer A. Parry, M. Sultan Bhat
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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