CHANGING PATTERN OF AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF TAMLUK SUBDIVISION IN PURBA MEDINIPUR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL: A SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS
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Tamluk subdivision in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal has traditionally been known for its agricultural prosperity where a wide variety of crops are grown round the year and a large proportions of land in each block are devoted to agriculture. Also a considerable proportion of working population remains engaged in this activity for their livelihood. A thorough study upon the secondary data made available from different sources for the last ten years (2004-2014) reveals that although a considerable proportion of agricultural in almost all the blocks has been occupied under the steady extension of urbanisation over these years the agriculture has continued to flourish under the application of advanced technology, viz., use of fertilizer, high yielding variety seeds, irrigation etc. In some blocks like Moyna the previously demarcated agricultural lands have been converted to water bodies for fisheries. Extension of horticulture has also been given importance in recent years through which the avenue of earning for the farmers has been widened and up-gradation of agro-economy in this area has been possible.
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