Q.Write a short note on: Cropping pattern.

Cropping pattern is the proportion of cultivated area allotted to different crops in a region at a given time, and how it changes over years. It depends on soil, climate, irrigation, prices, technology and policy.

This is a 2-mark short note in AP Intermediate 2nd year Economics, part of the agriculture theme, treated in line with the NCERT/CBSE curriculum.

Meaning. Cropping pattern means the proportion of the total cultivated area that is devoted to the cultivation of various crops in a particular region at a particular time. It shows which crops - such as food grains, pulses, oilseeds or commercial crops - occupy how much of the land, and how this distribution shifts from year to year. The cropping pattern of an area is determined by natural factors like soil type, climate and rainfall, the availability of irrigation, the relative prices and profitability of crops, the te …