Book Description

The Study Of The Ways In Which Patterns Of Agricultural Activity Vary From Place To Place, Involving Both The Description Of Those Patterns And The Attempt To Explain Them Is Known As Agricultural Geography.The Present Book Is An Attempt To Arrange The Important Papers Of Agricultural Geographers Which Cover The Aspects Of Nature And Scope Of Agricultural Geography; Origin Of Agriculture, Geo-Climatic And Socio-Cultural Constraints And Agriculture Patterns; Land, Labour And Capital And The Agricultural System Of The World. Subsequently, Paper Pertaining To The Models Of Agricultural Location; The Development Of Capitalism; Approaches To Soil Study; Land Use And Resource Analysis; Regional Agricultural Specialization And The Problems In Agricultural Geography Have Been Included. These Topics Shall Evoke Interest Among Agricultural Geographers And They Will Be Better Equipped To Delineate The Agricultural Regions, The Levels Of Agricultural Development, Especially In The Developing Countries Of The World. It Is Also One Of The Objectives Of This Volume To Invoke And To Give An Understanding To Agricultural Geographers About The Preparation Of Agricultural Models In Relation To Agricultural Development And Population Change.The Papers, Contributed By The Eminent Experts Of Agricultural Geography Have More Than Academic Value For The Teachers, Students And Land Use Planners Alike. The Book Is Commended For Those Who Want To Ascertain The Changing Agricultural Landscape And The Forces And Processes Which Are Bringing These Changes.