Regional Inequalities In The Levels Of Agricultural Productivity In Kolhapur District Of Maharashtra

Over populated country like India even in this era of science and technology heavily relied on agriculture sector. When horizontal expansion of agriculture finds some limitations, everyone has to think about the vertical growth of agriculture i.e., increase in the agricultural productivity. Agricultural productivity is a performance of various crops, with respective to available social, cultural and natural resources in a selected area. Kolhapur district is endowed with very rich flora and fauna, along with social, cultural, economic and technological elements. Even though, there are some spatial disparities are seen in the agriculture sector. Therefore, it is essential to find out these disparities in the form of agricultural productivity, which will help to ascertain the ground reality and to suggest appropriate remedial measure. For measuring the levels of agricultural productivity in the study region, Kendall’s Ranking Coefficient method is used. To measure the linear relationship in between two variables i.e., agricultural productivity and agricultural facilities in the study region, Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation is also used. The inequalities in the spatial distribution of agricultural productivity are analyzed for the year 2018-19. Finally, on the basis of distribution of levels of agricultural productivity, remedial measures are also suggested to eradicate these disparities