GROWTH OF WASTE LAND IN THE STATEOF ANDHRA PRADESH

Abstract

India being an agrarian economy, any change in the agricultural land use pattern will have a significant implication on its growth, diversification and sustainability. Studies have shown that human-induced conversions like de-forestation and modifications of land use management significance for the functioning of the earth system through their impact on biogeochemical cycles. Changes in these biogeochemical cycles, as a result of eco system conversion, can change the dynamics of green-house gas emissions. Land use changes can also have an important impact on the water and energy balance which in turn affect the climate conditions in the economy. The changes in the economy will bring the changes in the land use pattern. In India, the changes in the composition of the economy, pressure on land, changes in income levels, available technology and associated factors are affecting the land-use pattern. And the ultimate result is increasing waste land and decline in net area shown. The present study is an attempt to examine the growth of waste land in the state of Andhra Pradesh by using mainly the secondary data.