The Problems of Agricultural Development and Their Solutions
Inadequate Land or Land Tenure System
This problem is discussed under the following points:
- Increase in Population increases alternative use of land for agriculture which will reduce the size of farm land
- The type of Land Tenure system which encourages family ownership of land does not allow farmers to acquire large areas of land for commercial agriculture
- It leads to land fragmentation which does not support mechanization.
- Deforestation and desert encroachment contribute lack of land.
- Soil erosion and marshy or swamping areas also contributes to lack of farm land.
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