Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES OF FOOD CROPS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH

Manju Devi, Prof. Sanju Karol

Abstract :

The objective of the paper is the assessment of sustainable issues of food crops and sustainable development in Himachal Pradesh. The approaches for assessing the agriculture sustainability in terms of growth, instability and equity are generally the most listed indicators of agricultural Sustainability. Sustainable indicators are Quantifiable and measurable attributes of a system that are judged to be related to its sustainability. Sustainability indicators have multidimensional attributes– economic environmental and social. In this paper an attempt has made to estimate the relative shares of growth of area and yield to the growth of output of major food grains in Himachal Pradesh for the period 1980–81 to 2015–2016 and further it is split into two sub periods, period I 1980–81 to 1997–98, period II 1998–99 to 2015– 2016. Further, Instability, in agricultural sector, which measures the range of variation in different dimensions; it may be in area of cultivation, yield or production. Here it has been shown, the range of instability in production among different crops in Himachal Pradesh. The result of instability analysis as per hectare yield of total food grains (3.017) showed higher instability in comparison to other crops in both the third sub – periods. Due to instability the rural inequalities are increasing and employment opportunities are shrinking. Therefore, Govt. policy should accord highest priority to take steps to make most efficient use of resources to deal with sustainability issues.

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SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES OF FOOD CROPS IN HIMACHAL PRADESH, Manju Devi, Prof. Sanju Karol PARIPEX-INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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