A Remote Sensing and GIS Based Analysis of Paddy Culture under Deficit and Excess Rainfall Condition in Kangshabati Irrigation Command Area, West Bengal

Abstract

Due to its ever increasing growth of human population, Indian Agriculture is largely dominated by the predominance of the food crops which include rice, wheat, jo war, bajra, maize, barley, ragi and gram. Amongst all these food crops production, the paddy culture has attracted highest attention of our planners, policy makers, administrators and agricultural scientists in India. In West Bengal Kangshabati Irrigation Command Area is dominated by Paddy Culture. The present study involves the application of Remote Sensing technique and CIS tools to estimate the distribution and area coverage of paddy culture in relation to deficit and excess rainfall year for both rabi and kharif season.