Analysing and Enhancing Agricultural Productivity-Banki-Dampara Block, Cuttack District, Odisha

Abstract

This study has been undertaken to analyses the factors those are affecting for the less productivity and enhance the agricultural productivity in Banki-Dampara Block of Cuttack District. The agricultural productivity decreases day by day that is 51.08% from 2010-2022. The non agricultural area also increases day by day that is 22.5% from 2010-2022.There are mainly four factors are affecting the agricultural productivity such as lack of irrigation facilities , frequently flood attack , frequently attack of elephant & pest. This research will provide some solutions for increasing the agricultural productivity in near future.

Introduction

I. INTRODUCTION

Agriculture plays a critical role in the entire life of a given economy and it is the backbone of the economic system of a country. Agriculture is the science and art of cultivating plants and livestock & it is the key development of human civilizations. Agriculture is the primary objective in rural areas & most people dependent on this agricultural sector to increases their livelihoods.  Agriculture is practiced for the purpose of producing foods and other human needs such as clothing , shelter , medicines , weapons , tools , ornaments and indent finitely many more including livestock feed.

This sector providing food and raw materials, agriculture also provides employment opportunities to very large percentage of the population.

Agricultural productivity may also be measured by what is termed total factor productivity; this method calculating agricultural productivity compares an index of agricultural inputs to an index of outputs.  

Agricultural productivity is measured as the ratio of agricultural outputs to agricultural inputs, while individual products are usually measured by weight; other varying densities make measuring overall agricultural output difficult. Odisha is basically known as agrarian state which more than 76% people live in rural areas and depend on agriculture for livelihood. Odisha is the 8 th largest state by area, 11th largest state by population and 3 rd largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India.

Odisha is ranked as 16th in GDP and 24th in GDP per capita income in India. Odisha is ranked as 12th in providing revenue in agriculture sector in India.

II. STUDY AREA

The study area Banki-Dampara block comes under Cuttack district of Odisha. The total geographical area is 262 sq.km. The total population of the study area is 39,076.The male population is higher than female population. 16.5% is belongs to SC population & 8.86% is belongs to ST population.

The climate is tropical wet & dry , the annual average temperature is 40°c , the annual average rainfall is 100 to 150cm. , the soil quality is black soil with more clay content. The population density is 563 per sq km. The sex ratio is 904 female per 1000 male. The literacy rate is 76.2%.

The major crops of this area are paddy , pulses , oil seeds , vegetables & others etc. The major rivers are Mahanadi & Rana. The main workers profile is 59.25% & marginal workers profile is 40.75%. The no of household is 7,276.

Conclusion

Odisha is basically known as an agrarian state of India .More than 76% people dependent on this sector. The increasing of crop production is more help full for the increasing of economy of this area. Agriculture is the primary sector & also the most dependent sector of rural people. So consider all the problems & it’s solutions we can improve the present condition of Banki-Dampara block in agriculture sector.

References

[1] Cuttack District Statistical Hand Book_(2010-2011) [2] Cuttack District Statistical Hand Book_(2017-2018) [3] Odisha Statistical Hand Book_(2019-2020) [4] Odisha Economic Survey_(2021-2022) [5] https://cuttack.nic.in [6] Cuttack District Irrigation Plan _(2018-2019)

Copyright

Copyright © 2023 Soumya Priyadarshini Das, Swapna Sarita Swain, Shrestha Das. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.