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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

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

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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, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2189.pdf

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