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Changes of Agricultural Land Uses in Rural Area and Causes Behind It: A Case Study of Kamargaon Union Under Tanore Upazila in Rajshahi District

Received: 20 November 2017     Accepted: 12 January 2018     Published: 23 January 2018
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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 Primary data were collected by applying PRA techniques and secondary data were collected from published and unpublished data regarding crop, population and other sources.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.

Published in Urban and Regional Planning (Volume 3, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.urp.20180301.14
Page(s) 20-26
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Keywords

Agricultural Land, Changes, Causes, PRA

References
[1] BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics) 2002. Bangladesh Population Census, 2001. Ministry of Planning, Dhaka. Govt. of Bangladesh.
[2] Isalm, M. R. (2013). Causes and consequences of Agricultural land losses of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT), 5 (6), 58-65.
[3] Banglapedia 2014. National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. Genesis Printing and Packaging, Dhaka.
[4] BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics) 2011. Census of Agriculture, 2011. Zilla Series, Rajshahi. Bangladesh.
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    Dulal Sarker, Md. Abdul Wakil. Changes of Agricultural Land Uses in Rural Area and Causes Behind It: A Case Study of Kamargaon Union Under Tanore Upazila in Rajshahi District. Urban Reg Plan. 2018;3(1):20-26. doi: 10.11648/j.urp.20180301.14

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  • Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

  • Department of Urban & Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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