Determination of agricultural infrastructural suitability in aspirational districts: A case study of Bundelkhand

Abstract

Agricultural infrastructure has the potential to transform subsistence farming into commercial and dynamic farming system. Adequate markets, roads, irrigation, extension services, credit facilities, storage etc. facilitate lowering of farming costs and increase in farm income. The study, carried out during 2017-20 at ICAR-NIAP, presents methodology for measuring adequacy status of rural infrastructure and its categorisation into five classes using a case study of Bundelkhand region.The results show that there is ample scope for agricultural productivity enhancement in Bundelkhand by focussing on agricultural markets, credit institutions, roads, agricultural extension and storage infrastructure.The proposed methodology can be replicated for other regions, states and districts.

Cropland suitability assessment using multi criteria evaluation techniques and geo-spatial technology: A review

“…Among the input parameters, the most important parameters were soil (soil texture, drainage, soil depth, pH, OC and EC), climate (temperature and rainfall) and topography (slope) for cropland suitability assessment. In recent study Jain et al (2021a) demonstrated the methodology for computation of infrastructural suitability in agriculture at district, state and country level. Composite infrastructural classes highlighted that all the states in the country have infrastructural inadequacy in one or more parameters (Jain et al 2021b).…”

“…In recent study Jain et al (2021a) demonstrated the methodology for computation of infrastructural suitability in agriculture at district, state and country level. Composite infrastructural classes highlighted that all the states in the country have infrastructural inadequacy in one or more parameters (Jain et al 2021b). The authors analyzed that improvement in agricultural infrastructure in the country calls for huge investments to enhance the income of the farmers.…”