Abstract
Rajshahi District is a very high density of population and very high intensity of land use. In Rajshahi District per capita land is estimated to be only about 0.0526 ha. The Population growth rate is also high. For the high growth rate of population requires huge land for settlement and with the increase of population the demand of food also increases. For meeting the increasing food demand the land is using very intensively of this District. Every year the district is losing 0.47% arable land due to the population growth and its infrastructure development. This study was conducted on Tanore Upazila where the major focus was to see the changes of Rural Agricultural land uses and the causes of agricultural land use changes. For analyses both primary data and secondary data were collected. Primary data were collected by applying PRA techniques and secondary data were collected from published and unpublished data regarding crop, population and other sources. Results show that huge change in rural agricultural land uses take place in the study area and find some important causes of agricultural land use changes in rural area. Infrastructural development is the main causes of agricultural land losses. If proper steps would not be taken it creates great problems in near future.
Highlights
IntroductionAlmost 80 percent of the total population live in rural areas and of them 36% are below poverty line
In our study area Kamargaon union, we have found that there is a huge amount of land use change in recent years and increase the intensity of use of agricultural land
The principal objective of this study is to find out the changes of rural agricultural land use and the causes of change of agricultural land use in rural area
Summary
Almost 80 percent of the total population live in rural areas and of them 36% are below poverty line. Rajshahi District is a newly industrial arena and the rate of population growth is very high (1.34%). Every year almost one percent of its arable land loses in this District [2]. In our study area Kamargaon union, we have found that there is a huge amount of land use change in recent years and increase the intensity of use of agricultural land. The study was to see the amount of land use changes that were use for agricultural purposes in rural area in recent past year. The study was to see the changes of agricultural land use in rural area in recent past years.
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