Diversified Cropping Pattern and Agricultural Development: A Case Study from Malda District, India - Hardcover

Rahaman, Hasibur

 
9783030557270: Diversified Cropping Pattern and Agricultural Development: A Case Study from Malda District, India
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3030557278 ISBN 13: 9783030557270
Publisher: Springer, 2020

Synopsis

This book examines how crop diversification strategies can help to ensure sustainable agricultural development across different land-size categories, with a focus on Malda District in West Bengal, India. Using Malda as the study area, a region with nearly 4 million people, the book assesses the extent, pattern, factors and future of crop diversification and its contribution to the development of agriculture in Malda and in India as a whole. The work presents data from 1995-2015 concerning changing cropping patterns at various land-size distributions, and analyzes the information over the twenty year period to understand the link between crop diversification and agricultural development, in order to combat major agricultural issues and make suitable policy recommendations at micro (rural) and macro (urban) levels of agricultural planning. The study is a unique contribution to the field of agricultural geography, and will be of use to students and researchers, as wellas government organizations, city/community planners and agriculture managers.

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About the Author

Dr. Hasibur Rahaman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Aligarh Muslim University, India. His teaching and research interests include geomorphology, cartography, rural development, agriculture and climate change. 

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This book examines how crop diversification strategies can help to ensure sustainable agricultural development across different land-size categories, with a focus on Malda District in West Bengal, India. Using Malda as the study area, a region with nearly 4 million people, the book assesses the extent, pattern, factors and future of crop diversification and its contribution to the development of agriculture in Malda and in India as a whole. The work presents data from 1995-2015 concerning changing cropping patterns at various land-size distributions, and analyzes the information over the twenty year period to understand the link between crop diversification and agricultural development, in order to combat major agricultural issues and make suitable policy recommendations at micro (rural) and macro (urban) levels of agricultural planning. The study is a unique contribution to the field of agricultural geography, and will be of use to students and researchers, as well as government organizations, city/community planners and agriculture managers.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3030557278
ISBN 13 
9783030557270
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
321

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