Vol. 4, Issue 2, Part A (2022)

Agriculture plays a vital role in the economy of an area. Agriculture landscape had undergone considerable transformation during and after Green Revolution. The most tangible expression of this transformation is found in the shift of the cropping pattern. In the present paper an attempt has been to study the cropping patterns in Sonipat district in Haryana during 1970-71 & 2000-01 and to analyse its changes, mainly because the green revolution started in mid 1960’s in the country and its wave come to the study area in the early seventies. It appears quite surprising that in early seventies in spite of higher yield of many crops, the per hectare monetary return to the farmers in the area is very low. This is because low price level of crops grown in the area. The present context of study is based on a combination of the land utilization and statistical approach. District level data has been utilized to interrogate the changing cropping pattern. The principal objective of this paper is to across the direction of changing pattern since 1970-71 to 2000-01 in the area.