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PROFILE OF SOUTH KONKAN REGION
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is the main occupation of the South Konkan Region (SKR). Rice is the major crop i.e. 39% of cultivated area. Nagali (Nachani) second important crop. Samo Rice (Vari) is a minor nutmillet grown on the slopes, pulses like horse gram, Lima beans (Pawate), Bitter field beans, Long beans (Chavali and Mung) etc. grown on residual moisture. Oilseeds –Niger /Sesamum, area under Summer Ground nut, Jowar and Tur is likely to increase with irrigation; but the economy of the SKR is primarily due to adoption of the horticulture crops like mango, coconut, arecanut, cashew, kokum, jackfruit, Banana and Pineapple, Spices like clove, nutmeg and Black paper, Flowers like Jarbera and Marigold (Zendu) and other medicinal plants by farmers and growers. Alongwith this they also introduced and practiced the processing of fruits, vegetables, herbal and medicinal plants. REASONS FOR POPULARITY OF FRUITS PROCESSING IN SKR
1. LOCATION
This region is located on the west coast of India, having narrow strip running from north to south and situated in between Sahyadri hills I the east and Arabian in the west. This region lies between 150 37’ and 180 04 North Latitude and 730 19’ and 740 13’ East longitude.
2. AREA AND POPULATION
The geographical are of the region is 13,533 sq.km.which is about 4.40 percent of the total area of Maharasthra. The region is having average east-west expansion of about 64 km. The average north-south length of is about 300 km. The Total population of the region according to 2001 population census was 25.58 lakhs having density of population (189/sq.km.). In the total population, proportion of femal was higher 53 percent than male 47 percent. The sex ratio of the region ( female per 1000 male) was 1160. In the region high literacy percentage was observed. It was 75.35 percent in Ratnagiri and 80.52 percent in Sindhudurg district.
3. BOUNDARIES
South Konkan Region is surrounded by
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is the main occupation of the South Konkan Region (SKR). Rice is the major crop i.e. 39% of cultivated area. Nagali (Nachani) second important crop. Samo Rice (Vari) is a minor nutmillet grown on the slopes, pulses like horse gram, Lima beans (Pawate), Bitter field beans, Long beans (Chavali and Mung) etc. grown on residual moisture. Oilseeds –Niger /Sesamum, area under Summer Ground nut, Jowar and Tur is likely to increase with irrigation; but the economy of the SKR is primarily due to adoption of the horticulture crops like mango, coconut, arecanut, cashew, kokum, jackfruit, Banana and Pineapple, Spices like clove, nutmeg and Black paper, Flowers like Jarbera and Marigold (Zendu) and other medicinal plants by farmers and growers. Alongwith this they also introduced and practiced the processing of fruits, vegetables, herbal and medicinal plants. REASONS FOR POPULARITY OF FRUITS PROCESSING IN SKR
1. LOCATION
This region is located on the west coast of India, having narrow strip running from north to south and situated in between Sahyadri hills I the east and Arabian in the west. This region lies between 150 37’ and 180 04 North Latitude and 730 19’ and 740 13’ East longitude.
2. AREA AND POPULATION
The geographical are of the region is 13,533 sq.km.which is about 4.40 percent of the total area of Maharasthra. The region is having average east-west expansion of about 64 km. The average north-south length of is about 300 km. The Total population of the region according to 2001 population census was 25.58 lakhs having density of population (189/sq.km.). In the total population, proportion of femal was higher 53 percent than male 47 percent. The sex ratio of the region ( female per 1000 male) was 1160. In the region high literacy percentage was observed. It was 75.35 percent in Ratnagiri and 80.52 percent in Sindhudurg district.
3. BOUNDARIES
South Konkan Region is surrounded by