Agriculture Development in Osmanabad District

Abstract: Agriculture geography as the science which deals with the regional or spatial variations in the distribution of agriculture entities and to explain the causes of such variations. Agriculture development refers to the gradual shifting in farming best practices. The purpose of agricultural development is to improve the agricultural system to get best possible output and minimized regional disparities. In Osmanabad district as per 2001 census 78.6 percentage of the working population engaged in agriculture sectors. Therefore, an attempt is made here to analyze agriculture development in Osmanabad District. To analyze agriculture development in Osmanabad district the Shrivastava S.L. (1983) method i.e. Proportional Standardized Mean and Composite Index is used. The study reveals that low agriculture development to high agriculture development shift was observed in Kalamb, Osmanabad, Paranda and Bhum tehsil.