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Volume : III, Issue : II, March - 2013 LAND USE AND LAND DEGRADATION IN BHILAWADI VILLAGE, SANGLI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA : A STUDY IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY D.G.GATADE AND N. S. POL DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Soil degradation is one of the universal environmental problems. The
degradation of soil resources is a significant part of environmental geography as well as
agricultural geography. From this view point in the present research paper an attempt
has been made to analyse general land use, agricultural land use and agricultural land
degradation at micro level by selecting Bhilawadi village of Sangli district of
Maharashtra state as a case study. The period selected for study is 20 years. The entire
study is based on primary as well as secondary data. The primary data is collected by
conducting field work through questionnaire method.Personel interviews of farmers,
talathi and gramsevak are taken. The data for general land use and agricultural land use
is collected from village and tehsil revenue departments. The data of agricultural land
degradation is obtained from Sangli district soil testing laboratory and agricultural
department. Collected data is tabulated and shown by appropriate cartographic
techniques. Such type of research in applied agricultural geography can be useful to
solve the problems of the farmers and helpful in better planning for agricultural
development of rural areas Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : D.G.GATADE AND N. S. POL, (2013). LAND USE AND LAND DEGRADATION IN BHILAWADI VILLAGE, SANGLI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA : A STUDY IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. II, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2189.pdf References : - Arunachalam, B. (1967): Maharashtra- A Study Physical and Regional Setting and Resource Development, A R. Seth, Bombay.
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