AGRICULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
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- ISBN13: 9.78813E+12
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher Imprint: Rawat
- Pages: 450
- Language: English
- Edition: Second
- Item Weight: 500
- BISAC Subject(s): Sociology
Agriculture has long been the most important economic activity in the developing world. It has great potential for those who are interested in the spatial distribution of agricultural systems and agricultural processes.
Major thrust of Agricultural Geography is on the description, interpretation and explanation of spatial variations of land use, cropping patterns, crop concentration, crop combination, agricultural productivity, agricultural regionalization and regional inequalities in agricultural efficiency. The book offers all this with the set objective to formulate strategies for the planning and development of agriculture. Providing a strong theoretical base, models and theories of agricultural landuse have also been included. The author also highlights the growing economic and environmental impact of agriculture in the face of increasing social and cultural demands.
This is the second edition of a well-established textbook will continue to offer students a handy overview of all they need to know about agricultural geography. The text remains very much the same but it has been renewed once again. Few chapters have been thoroughly updated and latest data/ statistics have been incorporated throughout the book.
Teachers and students of geography, agriculture science, rural development and economics, and those preparing for various competitive examinations will find this book a useful source of information and value this comprehensive text.
Major thrust of Agricultural Geography is on the description, interpretation and explanation of spatial variations of land use, cropping patterns, crop concentration, crop combination, agricultural productivity, agricultural regionalization and regional inequalities in agricultural efficiency. The book offers all this with the set objective to formulate strategies for the planning and development of agriculture. Providing a strong theoretical base, models and theories of agricultural landuse have also been included. The author also highlights the growing economic and environmental impact of agriculture in the face of increasing social and cultural demands.
This is the second edition of a well-established textbook will continue to offer students a handy overview of all they need to know about agricultural geography. The text remains very much the same but it has been renewed once again. Few chapters have been thoroughly updated and latest data/ statistics have been incorporated throughout the book.
Teachers and students of geography, agriculture science, rural development and economics, and those preparing for various competitive examinations will find this book a useful source of information and value this comprehensive text.
Majid Husain was former Professor of Geography, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi. Having a high degree of commitment to teaching and research, Dr. Husain had an unparalleled ability to simplify the difficult concepts of geography and capacity to analyze the enormous facts in a cogent manner. His books, Evolution of Geographical Thought, Human Geography, World Geography, Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Models in Geography and Geography of Jammu and Kashmir are widely acclaimed and accepted as text and reference books, both in India and abroad.