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Abstract
The present paper deals with the cropping pattern among the tribal households with special reference to Khammam and Adilabad districts of Telangana. The paper is mainly based on the data gathered from the primary sources. By and large, from the analysis, it can be said that the causes and resultant consequences of the changes in cropping were so complex and inter-related to each other and therefore, it is not that much easy to isolate the individual factors. The cropping pattern among the tribal farmers was predominantly oriented towards food crops only and there is no change overtime in their cropping pattern. Finally, the study also lends support of the earlier writings that the cropping pattern in most of the tribal villages oriented towards growing the food crops primarily cereals of the type. Therefore, the researchers of the present study were of the view that the tribal farmers have to be open minded and willing to experiment with new technologies and have to develop an alternative model with harmonious admixture of traditional and modern scientific knowledge.