Hasibur Rahaman: Sustainable Land Use Practices and Agricultural Innovations in India, Gebunden

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This book discusses sustainable land use practices in relation to agricultural innovation, with a local focus by land size classes on the Murshidabad District of West Bengal. Chapter 1 presents the different aspects of the physical and cultural set-up of the Murshidabad district. Chapter 2 provides a background and overview of sustainable agricultural land use and development. Chapter 3 presents the dynamics of sustainable agricultural land use and cropping patterns at the local level. Chapter 4 discusses the overall agricultural innovations concerning the input and output aspects of a spatial context under different land size classes. Chapter 5 covers the relationship between sustained agricultural land use and agricultural innovations. Chapter 6 analyses agricultural innovations and agricultural land use based on household survey data in selected sample villages. Chapter 7 uses a SWOT analysis to understand contemporary issues and challenges of agriculture innovation.