Micro level problems and management of agricultural activities Jagadishnagar village, Magrahat Block -1, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

Abstract

West Bengal is an agriculture based state of India as its economy is highly dependent on agricultural production. Being situated in the active delta part of Ganga still, there are some problems to cultivate food crop mainly-paddy as kharif and winter crop in some parts of the State. This Paper aims to find out agricultural problems in Jagadishnagar village, PS-Usthi, Magrahat Block -1 in West Bengal by a micro level case study and by household questionnaire survey. The total geographical area of Jagadishnagar village area is 211 hectare and out of which 70% is agricultural land and paddy being the dominant food crop. The village is characterized by presence of 127 households with a population 558 according to 2011 census. The entire study area has divided into four parts- northeastern, northwestern, southeastern and southwestern parts where Amon paddy alone holds 85% of the total agricultural land followed by vegetables production and it is found that the southeastern and southwestern parts of the village are better in agricultural productivity than the rest of the parts of the village. A comparative analysis between them has been done with the help of different statistical analysis which depicts that there are large variations in irrigation practices, economic condition, and family size, application of modern machineries and Government Policies and practice of crop rotation in these four segments. The finding of the research is that agricultural production does not take place much in winter season in the village due to lack of irrigation practice and practice of crop rotation and low income of the villagers and their economic condition become worse. The research suggests some suitable measures for the development of agricultural activities throughout the year to sustain the economy in future.