Imapct Of Irrigational Changes On Agriculture Characteristics Of Ahmednagar District

The The transformation in the pattern of agriculture in Ahmednagar district, which has been transformed from extensive to intensive use of land owes largely to the extension of irrigational ficilities. The district facing rainfall vagaries and wide variability of rainfall from the last few decades. The changes owe a great deal to variety of infrastructural developments and increase inputs in general and extensive and intensive irrigational role in particular. An attempt is made here, to study the impact of imitational changes on agricultural characteristics of the district which is existed after the advent of irrigation. Ahmednagar district has different sources of irrigation sources well, canal lift and other sources. The important sources available in the district are well and canal. Jowar, Bajore, Wheat account for a major share of cropping of land under tillage in the district. With the advent of irrigation, the shares of commercial crops are increased in total cultivated area of the district. The traditional subsistence agricultural structure of the study region appears to be crumbing or is in the process of transformation into market oriented, semi-commercial ized pattern.