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An investigation into land use dynamics in India and land under-utilisation [1]

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The overall picture regarding land use patterns in India constitutes divergent situations in regard to land use patterns across different states. There is a high degree of concentration of major land use classes in a few states. For instance, the area under the forests are mostly concentrated in the hilly states and also in states having a large number of tribal districts.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2010
D. Bardhan [2], S. K. Tewari [3]
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics [4]
65
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658
Tags:
Land Use [5], India [6], Agriculture [7], Statistics [8], Forests [9], Land [10]
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