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SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHANGES IN THE CROPPING PATTERN OF PADDY FIELDS IN KERALA STATE, A GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS ON PALAKKAD DISTRICT
Paddy field of Kerala is a typical ecosystem; this wet land ecosystem is under threat since mid seventies, as there is a study decline in the area under concentration of paddy, giving rise to several negative effects on environmental and social functions. This conversion of paddy fields are transfor...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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BEST: International Journal of Humanities, Arts, Medicine and Sciences
2015
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/006730.pdf |
| Summary: | Paddy field of Kerala is a typical ecosystem; this wet land ecosystem is under threat since mid seventies, as there
is a study decline in the area under concentration of paddy, giving rise to several negative effects on environmental and
social functions. This conversion of paddy fields are transformed into plantation crops and non agriculture uses, if
necessary steps are not to taken to stop the conjversion, the coming generation will not witness any practices of paddy
cultivation, this typical ecosystem, keeping this mind Palakkad district the rice bowl of Kerala is taken for investigation.
The present investigation aimed to understand the changes in the cropping pattern of paddy, rice production and
productivity of Palakkad district. |
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| Physical Description: | p.111-120 Vol. 3, Issue 9, Sep 2015 |