RASSA Journal of Science for Society
  • Year: 2020
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 3

Impacts of Land-use Paradigm Shifts on the Agricultural Economy: Sustainable Management

  • Author:
  • Ibha Suhani, Sinha Sahab, Rajeev Pratap Singh
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 177 to 181

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Email Id: rajeevprataps@gmail.com

Online published on 12 February, 2021.

Abstract

India is an agrarian country. The GDP of the country has about 18% contribution from the agricultural sector. However, from the past few decades, the country’s agricultural output is facing major loss due to certain issues like land degradation, climate change, land use patten, etc. Crop insurance has been the only option that could help tackle the agricultural sector’s risks and problems. The country’s land use pattern has changed over the years and has had drastic effects on the availability of lands for agriculture and ultimately resulted in productivity loss. Moreover, the land use pattern has created issues like degraded lands and marginalization of the lands. The best way to adopt sustainable and economic viability approaches is to deal with the issues and boost the agriculture economy. Microbial techniques have emerged as a new hope which can not only help to restore land quality, but it can also enhance the yield from small land patches. So, research should be further extended in such a way that could safeguard our resources and increase the economy.

Keywords

Agricultural economy, Sustainability, GDP, Productivity, Land use pattern