An assessment of adoption pattern of cotton production technology in summer irrigated cotton tract of Western Maharashtra

摘要

In India, Maharashtra rank first in area, it cover about 28 lakh ha area under cotton. Even though the production of Maharashtra is satisfactory i.e. 42 lakh bales/ha, but the productivity is lowest (146 kg/ha) amongst the cotton growing states of India which is far below of national average (319 kg/ha). Summer irrigated cotton grown in western Maharashtra has almost 2.5 to 3 times yield potentiality more than that of rainfed cotton. Irrigated cotton is confined to Deccan Canal Tract of Maharashtracomprising Pune, Ahemednagar, and Solapur and Satara district.