Six decades of agricultural land use change in Bangladesh: Effects on crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment, 1948-2006

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-269

  Rahman, Sanzidur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use change; Bangladesh; Crop diversity; Environment; Food availability; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LAND USE CHANGE; PESTICIDE; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77955126786     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: 14679493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9493.2010.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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