A STATISTICAL STUDY ON CROPPING PATTERN CHANGES IN MADURAI DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was carried out Madurai district major rainfed crops cultivating taluk of Thirumangalam and Sedapatti taluks. In Thirumangalam and Sedapatti taluk changes in cropping pattern was studied by using Markov chain analysis and the results showed that the rainfed area under green gram was most stable crop and other rainfed crops area was considered in the study have less stability. The result revealed that the retained area was almost similar ranging from 35% to 45% in all rainfed crops in Thirumangalam taluk. In Sedapatti taluk the results showed that the rainfed area under cotton was most stable crop and other rainfed crops area was considered in the study have less stability.