Published In
Indian Journal of Agricultural Research
Article Metrics

0
Views
0
Citations
Reviewed By
In this Article
APC
APC cover the cost of turning a manuscript into a published manuscript through peer-review process, editorial work as well as the cost of hosting, distributing, indexing and promoting the manuscript.
Publish With US
Submit your manuscript through user friendly platform and acquire the maximum impact for your research by publishing with ARCC Journals.
Become a Reviewer/Member
Join our esteemed reviewers panel and become an editorial board member with international experts in the domain of numerous specializations.
Open Access
Filling the gap between research and communication ARCC provide Open Access of all journals which empower research community in all the ways which is accessible to all.
Products and Services
We provide prime quality of services to assist you select right product of your requirement.
Support and Policies
Finest policies are designed to ensure world class support to our authors, members and readers. Our efficient team provides best possible support for you.
Follow us
Research Article
volume 52 issue 3 (june 2018) : 236-242, Doi: 10.18805/IJARe.A-4955
Changes in land use pattern and factors responsible for variations in current fallow land in Bihar, India
1Department of Agricultural Economics, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Samastipur, Pusa-848 125, Bihar, India.
Submitted21-11-2017|
Accepted17-02-2018|
First Online 16-05-2018|
Cite article:- Ahmad Nasim, Sinha D.K., Singh K.M. (2018). Changes in land use pattern and factors responsible for variations in current fallow land in Bihar, India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. 52(3): 236-242. doi: 10.18805/IJARe.A-4955.
ABSTRACT
Endowment of fertile Gangetic alluvial soil and abundant water resources, particularly groundwater resources altogether constitute core components for development of agriculture in Bihar. Efforts have been made in this paper to analyze factors responsible for changes in land use pattern, especially increase in current fallows, shrinking net sown area and shifting of land for non-agricultural purposes in the state. A larger concentration of current fallow lands was accounted for in Gaya, Patna, Purnea, Munger, Jehanabad and Kishanganj districts. The rainfall and road length have significant impact on the level of current fallows. Erratic monsoon and labour scarcity during the study period of present century resulted in accumulation of current fallow lands. It was further observed that the non-agricultural use of land was identified as the dominant factor for changes in common lands as it affected the current fallows negatively. It is a challenging task for policy makers to maximize the income of farmers from a continuously declining in net sown area, deteriorating climatic conditions as well as labour scarce conditions, thereby resulting in aggregation of current fallows. In order to boost the production and enhance farmer’s income, it is necessary to discourage the rising tendency in current fallows or to bring current fallows under cultivation.
REFERENCES
- Kumar Suresh and Chand Ramesh (2012). Land use dynamics and cropping pattern: case study of village in Karnal district of Haryana. Agric. Sci. Digest, 32 (1) : 83 - 86 .
- Maalik, Jitender. (2012). Changing land use pattern in Haryana, International Journal of Computing and Corporate Research, 2(6):1-20.
- Nadkarni, M.V. and Deshpande R.S. (1979). Under-utilization of land- climatic or institutional factors. Indian journal of Agricultural Economics 34(2): 1-16.
- Pandey, V.K. and Tiwari, S.K. (1987). Some ecological implications of land use dynamics in Uttar Pradesh”, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics 42(3):388-394.
- Premakumara Seema (2013). Land use pattern in India and Karntaka- A comparative analysis, Intrtnational Journal of Scientific Research, 2(10):1-2.
- Ramasamy C., Balasubramanian, R. and Sivakumar, S.D. (2005). Dynamics of land use pattern with special reference to fallow lands- An empirical investigation in Tamil Nadu, Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 60(4): 629-643.
- Sangha, Kanaljit Kaur (2014). Modern agricultural practices and analysis of socio-economic and ecological impacts of development in agricultural sector, Punjab, India- A review. Indian J. Agric. Res.,48(5): 331-341.
- Sharma, U.K. and Pandey, V. K.(1992). Dynamics of land use in different states of India”, Agricultural Research Review, 5(1):22-33
- Singh, P. and Vashist, A.K. (1997). Dynamics of land use pattern in Bihar, Agricultural Situation in India, 53(11):18-26
- Singha Chiranjit and Swain Kishore Chandra (2016). Land suitability evaluation criteria for agricultural crop selection: A review. Agricultural Reviews, 37 (2): 125-132.
- Sinha, D.K.; Ahmad, Nasim and Singh, K.M. (2016). Shrinking net sown area: An analysis of changing land use pattern in Bihar, Journal of AgriSearch, 3(4): 238-243, DOI: 10.21921/jas.v3i4.6709.
- Subramanian, S.R, Krishnamurthy, S. and Nasurudeen P. (1994). .Perspective Plan for Land Use in Tamil Nadu”, Department of Agricultural Economics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore
Disclaimer :
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Copyright :
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
In this Article
APC
APC cover the cost of turning a manuscript into a published manuscript through peer-review process, editorial work as well as the cost of hosting, distributing, indexing and promoting the manuscript.
Publish With US
Submit your manuscript through user friendly platform and acquire the maximum impact for your research by publishing with ARCC Journals.
Become a Reviewer/Member
Join our esteemed reviewers panel and become an editorial board member with international experts in the domain of numerous specializations.
Open Access
Filling the gap between research and communication ARCC provide Open Access of all journals which empower research community in all the ways which is accessible to all.
Products and Services
We provide prime quality of services to assist you select right product of your requirement.
Support and Policies
Finest policies are designed to ensure world class support to our authors, members and readers. Our efficient team provides best possible support for you.
Follow us
Published In
Indian Journal of Agricultural Research