In India, two thirds of the population depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Yet, about 44% of India’s land area is degraded due to cultivation of marginal lands, improper crop rotations or deforestation as a consequence of shifting cultivation. Intensive farming, which has been promoted as a result of the Green Revolution, has depleted soil of its nutrients. This has also led to a reduction in agricultural yields. Furthermore, household factors such as poverty, land fragmentation, insecure land tenure and institutional failures are also contributing to land degradation.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/economics-land-degradation-study-india
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mythili-gurumurthy
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jann-goedecke
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/center-development-research
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/subsidies
