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Research Paper | Geography | India | Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023 | Rating: 5.6 / 10
A Study on the Impact of Endosulfan on the Decline of Cashew Plantations in Kasaragod District of Kerala
Dr. Neethu V V
Abstract: Kasaragod an agro - based district where majority is depend up on agriculture and related industries. The agricultural sector of Kasaragod district has witnessed a paradigm shift in the cropping pattern from edible crops towards non - edible crops, and from one non - edible crop to another depends on the benefits of emerging markets. These changes have caused severe challenges to the environment in the form of land degradation, groundwater depletion and chemical pollution. During 1985 the order of the first five crops in Kasaragod district was coconut, cashewnut, rice, rubber and pepper, in the descending order of shares to the total cropped area, but in2015, it is changed in the form of coconut, rubber, arecanut, cashewnut and pepper. This shows a major shift from subsistence cropping to commercial cropping. The major reason for the change in land use pattern is the Plantation Corporation of Kerala has been aerially spraying the pesticide Endosulfan on the cashew plantation covering several villages in Kasaragod District over the past two and a half decades. This cause a decline in the loss of cashew plantation in this district. This paper attempts to study on the Impact of Endosulfan on the decline on Cashew plantations in Kasaragod district by using the robust methodology of GIS and Remote Sensing. From this study it shows the decline of Cashew plantations in the district has changed the land use.
Keywords: Cashew plantations, Landuse, Endosulfan, Remote sensing
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023,
Pages: 1634 - 1640