Scenario of Population Growth, Agricultural Land use and Food security: An analysis of Jammu District

摘要

Agriculture is one of the main economies of not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir but of the whole country. As more than 58% of population of the nation still dependent on this sector. Our study region i.e. Jammu District is not even in topography.This District has also one of the most important administrative centers. Because of this, population is attracting to this region and there is rapid demographic change. The agriculture area which is more productive and fertile is being diverted to otherpurposes for fulfilling the demand of rising population. On the other hand, there is rapid development in infrastructure sector which covers more and more fertile land under different occupations. This is leading to imbalance in the growth of populationand production of food crops. The fertile land is now shrinking at a very fast. Because of this, food security of the District is at risk as it is not self sufficient in agriculture sector. For fulfilling the demand of existing population, it has to import lot of food material from other regions. There is mismanagement in Land use, as it has uneven topography having the characteristics of kandi region. Agriculture land is limited, there is a need of proper land utilization and the diversion of agriculture land for different purposes should be stoppedso that we can enhance our most valuable resource in a very sustainable manner.