Abstract:
The study was carried out Madurai district major rainfed crops cultivating taluk of
Thirumangalam and Sedapatti taluks. In Thirumangalam and Sedapatti taluk changes in cropping
pattern was studied by using Markov chain analysis and the results showed that the rainfed area
under green gram was most stable crop and other rainfed crops area was considered in the study
have less stability. The result revealed that the retained area was almost similar ranging from
35% to 45% in all rainfed crops in Thirumangalam taluk. In Sedapatti taluk the results showed
that the rainfed area under cotton was most stable crop and other rainfed crops area was
considered in the study have less stability. | 