Six decades of agricultural land use change in Bangladesh: Effects on crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment, 1948-2006
dc.contributor.author | Rahman, Sanzidur | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-25T10:52:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-25T10:52:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-07 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0129-7619 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-9493 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4016 | |
dc.description.abstract |
This paper provides a detailed analysis of agricultural land use change in Bangladesh over a 59-year period (1948-2006) and examines how these have impacted crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment. The key findings of the analysis are: first, land use intensity has increased significantly over this period, mainly from the widespread adoption of a rice-based Green Revolution technology package beginning in the early 1960s; second, contrary to expectation, crop diversity too has increased; third, although land productivity has increased significantly, declines in the productivity of fertilizers and pesticides raise doubts over sustaining agricultural growth; fourth, food availability has improved, with a reversal in the dietary energy imbalance in recent years despite a high population growth rate; and finally, the production environment has suffered with widespread soil nutrient depletion experienced in many agroecological regions. The policy implication points towards crop diversification as a desired strategy for agricultural growth to improve resource economy, productivity and efficiency in farming in Bangladesh. © 2010 The Author. Journal compilation © 2010 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd. | |
dc.format.extent | 254-269 | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.subject | agricultural land use change | |
dc.subject | productivity | |
dc.subject | crop diversity | |
dc.subject | food availability | |
dc.subject | environment | |
dc.subject | Bangladesh | |
dc.title | Six decades of agricultural land use change in Bangladesh: Effects on crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment, 1948-2006 | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 2 | |
plymouth.volume | 31 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00394.x | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business | |
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dc.identifier.eissn | 1467-9493 | |
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