REGIONAL IMBALANCES IN OILSEEDS PRODUCTIVITY IN RAJASTHAN DURING 1990-91 TO 2014-15: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE

The principal objective of the present study is to reveal the changes in regional Imbalances of oilseeds productivity in Rajasthan, because oilseeds is major crop of the state. The present study is divided into three folds. First deals with regional disparities in oilseeds productivity during 1990-91 and found that magnitude of oilseeds productivity was high in eastern parts as compare to western parts, owing to favorable geo-climatic conditions in east as compare to west. The second parts describe the regional inequalities in oilseeds productivity of 2014-15 have revealed that oilseeds productivity generally decreases from south-east to west and its index value ranges from 49.55 in Jaisalmer district to 194.44 in Baran district. Changes in oilseeds productivity in Rajasthan are explained in third part. The study has observed that in 1990-91 magnitude of oilseeds productivity was high in eastern parts, moderate in central part and low in western part. But in 2014-15, its magnitude has decreased from south-east to west. Basically, in both years of the study, the spatial patterns of oilseeds productivity have remained same. But the highest index value has increased from 190.04 in Kota district to 192.44 in Baran district , while the lowest index value of 32.25 was recorded in Jaisalmer district which has increased to 49.55 in Jaisalmer district during study period which shows that the gap between regional disparities in oilseeds productivity has narrowed down in Rajasthan. It is also noted that the state average productivity of oilseeds has increased from 105.54 to 115.58 during 1990-91 to 2014-15 which is indicative of positive trends for the oilseed’s crops. The study in hand is based on secondary sources of data. The unit of study is district. Modified formula of Singh (1976) technique is used for deriving the results and cartographic method is applied for mapping the results.