Six decades of agricultural land use change in Bangladesh
Effects on crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment, 1948-2006
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20153464 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sanzidur Rahman (0000-0002-0391-6191, University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 254-269 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0129-7619 • E-ISSN: 1467-9493 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00394.x |
| OpenAlex | W2134085112 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 13 |
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
Agricultural diversification · Agricultural economics · Agricultural land · Agricultural productivity · Agriculture · Agroecology · Biology · Business · Crop diversity · Diversification (marketing strategy) · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Green Revolution · Land use · Natural resource economics · Population · Population growth · Productivity · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agricultural Systems and Practices · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Ecology
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Rice productivity in Bangladesh
Productivity and efficiency impact of climate change and agroecology on Bangladesh agriculture
Impacts of climate change, agroecology and socio-economic factors on agricultural land use diversity in Bangladesh (1948–2008)
Crop diversification as a household livelihood strategy under environmental stress. Factors contributing to the adoption of crop diversification in shrimp cultivation and agricultural crop farming zones of coastal Bangladesh
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |