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Here is a great pleasure to hand over this book entitled "Geography of Horticulture: A Case study of Osmanabad district of Maharashtra". Geography is an integrative discipline, which combines wide range of knowledge within the natural sciences as well as social sciences. There are not many studies which make a geographical analysis of horticulture in the regional perspective. Agriculture is a backbone of Indian economy and horticulture is a part of agriculture.Horticulture which includes fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, plantation crops, medicinal crops etc. Horticulture plays a very important role in generating both rural and urban emplouyment. The present work is an attempt in all direction of horticultural development in the study region in general geographical point of view. This book is useful for many students, teachers, acamedicians, research scholars, extension workers and other organizations interested in the horticultural development. The book is organized in eight chapters comprising of introduction to horticulture, physical and socio-economic determinants of horticulture farming, general and agricultural land use pattern, horticultural cropping pattern impact of irrigation on productivity of horticultural crops, microlevel analysis of problem and prospects of horticulture, conclusion and suggestion.
Ganesh L. Jadhav
Ganesh L Jadhav (born 1979), completed his graduation in 1999 and did M.A. Geography in 2001 from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He also cleared SET examination in 2002 and joined as a lecturer at Govt. Arts and Sci. College, Aurangabad. Now he is working as Associate Professor, Dept. of Geography, Sambhaji College (Arts & Commerce), Murud. Dist. Latur which is affiliated to Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. from 2005. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree in 2017 from Solapur University, Solapur. His Ph.D topic was "Horticulture farming in Osmanabad district: A Geographical Analysis". He has published more than 20 research papers in reputed peer reviewed national, international journals. He has also attended and presented many research papers in national, international geography and multidisciplinary conferences, seminars and workshop. He has completed 1 minor research project funded by UGC which amount was Rs. 195000/- in 2017. His area of research is Agricultural Geography. He is a life member of Various academic Societies.
