Mango Farming in Chittoor District A.P: A Geographical Perspective

Indian subcontinent is known for agriculture since ancient civilization and use to cultivate traditional and peasant way of farming. Even in the beginning of 20th century Indian agriculture use to follow subsistence way of cultivation only after Indian Independence, the Union government had given prime importance to agriculture sector to bring changes and development in farming systems so as to improve yielding and production to obtain self sufficiency in food grain production. It is indicating that, since civilization period to Indian independence Indian agriculture is focused on food crops. After implementation of Green revolution during 1960¿s and1970¿s, Indian agriculture encountered tremendous changes and improvements in facilitation of Irrigation, Mechanization, Fertilization & Pesticidation, Micro-Irrigation, Transport, Market agriculture loans etc. in this endeavor, remarkable changes in farmers attitude of cropping pattern had been noticed. Majority of farmers have shifted from subsistence agriculture (food crops) to commercial (cash crops) agriculture by using mechanization and modern facilities in Irrigation.