land resources of india+land utilisation.pptx

it is about land resources and land utilisation pattern in india with the recent data on the same.classification of land resources and explanation for the different land types.

1. LAND RSOURCES OF INDIA

2. INTODUCTION Land - crucial resource that plays a significant role in the economy, society, and environment of a country. India-vital component of the rural economy -60% of the population engaged in agriculture and allied activities.

3. Land Resources in India: land area of around 3.28 million sq km. The land resources –categories agricultural land-54% forest land-21% Wasteland-8% other land-17%

4. Agricultural Land The land is used for growing various crops like rice, wheat, sugarcane, cotton, and jute. Challenges: low productivity, water scarcity climate change.

5. Forest Land The forest resources provide wood, fuel, and other forest products, besides being a habitat for various flora and fauna. Threats deforestation(cutting of trees in large area/conversion of FL-other purposes) encroachment forest degradation(complete destruction-forest fires,pest infestation,disease )

6. Wasteland Wasteland refers to the land that is barren and not fit for cultivation. The wasteland reclamation: Afforestation (conversion of abandoned and degraded agricultural lands into forests) soil conservation-measures taken to protect soil land development programs-measures taken to protect soil and water

7. Other Land The other land category includes urban areas, water bodies, and other land uses. The rapid urbanization and industrialization have led to the conversion of agricultural land and forests into urban areas, posing a threat to the environment and food security.

8. LAND UTILISATION

9. Land use pattern refers to the arrangement or layout of the uses of land which may be used for pasture, agriculture, construction

10. The land-use categories as maintained in the Land Revenue Records are as follows

11. net sown area - 44%. If we include fallow (4%) +current fallow (7 %)---  54 % of the land being used for agricultural or associated activities. Wasteland is too low in quality to be transformed into cultivable land land covered by forest - 23 % <<<<< 33% (national forest policy’s target of ( 1952 )) Illegal deforestation, road and building development, human population pressure, and other factors all contribute to this. 

12. 141mha 195 mha

13. Net Area Sown:  The physical extent of land on which crops are sown and harvested is known as net sown area . GCA/NSA Gross Cropped Area (GCA) is the total area sown once as well as more than once in a particular year.  >Net Sown Area (NSA) is the area sown with crops only once. Which one will be higher now???????

14. Lowest NSA The share of NSA is much lesser than the national average in states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand , Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh. Reasons: physical disabilities -undulating terrain due to hilly topography, limiting the availability of plain land and fertile soils, Highest NSA Northern states like Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, have a higher proportional share of NSA than the national average.