The nature and extent of crop diversification in the Karnataka state has been analyzed by collecting secondary data for a period of 26 years from 1982-83 to 2007-08. Composite Entropy Index (CEI) and multiple linear regression analysis have been used to analyze the nature and extent of crop...

The Agricultural Research Station of the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka, has released a naturally-coloured cotton variety, DDCC–1. To popularize this variety, its large scale cultivation in Uppinabetageri village of the Dharwad district was arranged under contract...