National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Increasing population stresses the need for crop intensification per unit area of land to meet the demand. Over exploitation of natural resources leads to irreversible damage to crop production eco-systems. A multi-criteria decision model (MCDM) to assess the parameters contributing to intensification leads to proper utilization of resources. This manuscript presents the findings of Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) derived advanced decision model Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) for evaluating the contributing intensification parameters comprising slope, soil, precipitation and socio-economic indicators for banana plantation in Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India. The location of production areas has direct relation with crop collection centers, cold storage units and market access indicating that intensification is influenced by these parameters. TOPSIS derived crop suitability map is in cohesion with crop cover map of the study area. The analysis reveals that banana area in 2016-17 was 307 hectares and in 412 hectares in 2017 – 2018 & Banana intensified area was about 49 hectares for 2016, 2017 and 2018. Topsis analysis has revealed that an area of 43732 ha is suitable for banana wherein average 14575 hectares is under banana cultivation hence an area of 29200 is available for intensification with suitable interventions.
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