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Diversified Cropping Pattern and Agricultural Development

A Case Study from Malda District, India

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Authors:
  1. Hasibur Rahaman

    1. Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

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  • Assesses changes in agricultural development over 20 years in Malda District, India

  • Discusses the links between crop diversification and sustainable agricultural development

  • Presents field survey responses for micro and macro level planning

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvi
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  2. Overview of the Study Area

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    Pages 1-33

  3. Land Use and Cropping Pattern Dynamic

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    Pages 35-69

  4. Agriculture Development: Inputs-Outputs Dimension

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    Pages 71-106

  5. Status of Crop Diversification

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    Pages 107-137

  6. Levels and Efficiency of Agricultural Development

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    Pages 139-187

  7. Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Development in the District

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    Pages 189-220

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 221-285
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About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

    Hasibur Rahaman

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. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Diversified Cropping Pattern and Agricultural Development

  • Book Subtitle: A Case Study from Malda District, India

  • Authors: Hasibur Rahaman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55728-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55727-0Published: 18 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55730-0Published: 19 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55728-7Published: 17 October 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVI, 285

  • Number of Illustrations: 68 b/w illustrations, 48 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Physical Geography, Agriculture, Human Geography

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