Sustainable Land Use Practices and Agricultural Innovations in India - A Case Study from Murshidabad District of West Bengal

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.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Overview of the Study Area.- Chapter 2: Sustainable Land Use Practices by Land Size Classes.- Chapter 3: Status of Agricultural Innovation: Input- Output Dimensions.- Chapter 4: Relationship Between Sustainable Land Use Practices and Agricultural Innovation.- Chapter 5: Agricultural Innovation and Sustainable Land Use in Sampled Villages.- Chapter 6: Contemporary Issues and Challenges with Sustainable Agricultural Innovation.

Product details

• Authors: Sakil Ansari, Hasibur Rahaman
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 14.03.2025, delayed
• EAN: 9783031832451
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3183245-1
• No. of pages: 454
• Illustrations: XXVII, 454 p. 168 illus., 166 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Sustainability, Agrarwissenschaften, Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Land use, irrigation, Murshidabad, Agricultural innovations, Cropping patterns