Author(s): Komal R Bhaskar, RG Deshmukh, RS Patil and SW Jahgirdar

Abstract: Extent of crop diversification in the Nagpur division had been analyzed by collecting secondary data for time period from 2003-04 to 2015-16 for selected tahsils of Nagpur division by using Herfindahl index (HI). It was revealed from the study that the HI index of Wardha, Nagpur and Chandrapur districts were less than 0.40 shows diversification whereas HI index of Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli districts above 0.50 which shows specialization in cropping pattern