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Land utilisation

  LAND UTILIZATION  Land is a scarce resource, whose supply is fixed for all practical purposes. At the same time, the demand for land for various competing purposes is continuously increasing with the increase in human population and economic growth.Land use pattern at any given time is determined by several factors including size of human and livestock population, the demand pattern, the technology in use, the cultural traditions, the location and capability of land, institutional factors like ownership pattern and rights scale regulation. Major Types of Land Utilization in India : As in all other countries, land in India is put to various uses. The utilization of land depends upon physical factors like topography, soil and climate as well as upon human factors such as the density of population, duration of occupation of the area,land tenure and technical levels of the people.There are spatial and temporal difference in land utilization due to the continued interplay of phys...

Sustainable development

Sustainable development goals (SDG).

One of the 17 SDGs, Goal is 'Zero Hunger'and to achieve this goal.
Agricultural orientation index (AOI) has been developed as an indicator to track the progress of Zero hunger. It is calculated as

Share of govt. Expenditure in agriculture put of total govt. Expenditure /share of agricultural GDP in total GDP.

Following eight targets have been specified. 
a) Universal access to safe and nutritious food.
b) End all forms of malnutrition. 
c) Double the productivity and incomes of small scale food producers. 
d) Sustainable food production and resilient agricultural practices. 
e) Maintaining the genetic diversity in food production. 
f) Invest in rural infrastructure and agricultural research and technology .
g) Prevent agricultural trade restrictions, market distortions and export subsidies. 
h) Ensure stable food commodity market and timely access to information.

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