Land Evaluation in Bangladesh

LAND EVALUATION IN BANGLADESH: PROSPECTS AND LIMITATIONS
Land Evaluation:
Land evaluation is aimed at assessment of land performance and its production potential for a
specific purpose. It is only part of the process of land use planning. It correlates soil survey
information, climate, vegetation and other aspects of land with the specific use for which land
is evaluated. In this process, the suitability of the land is assessed and classified
Land Evaluation strategies in Bangladesh:
In Bangladesh land evaluation has been developing as an interdisciplinary field of study with
the purpose of creating an interface between biophysical land-related information bases and
the integrated information requirements of land use planning.
Physical land evaluation is concerned with predicting the performance of specific land use
systems, as conditioned by the constraining influence of physical land conditions
Prospects of Land evaluation in Bangladesh:
In our country land utilization type consists of a set of technical specifications in a given
physical, economic and social setting. This may be the current environment, or a future
setting modified by major land improvements. Attributes of land utilization types include
data or assumptions on
 Produce, including goods (e.g., crops, livestock, timber), services (e.g., recreational
facilities) or other benefits (e.g., wildlife conservation) commercial production
 Market orientation, including whether towards subsistence or
 Capital intensity
 Labour intensity
 Power sources (e.g., man's labour, draught animals, machinery using fuels)
 Technical knowledge and attitudes of land users
 Land tenure, the legal or customary manner in which rights to land are held, by
individuals or groups (e.g., farm) or per unit area.
Bangladesh’s total land area of 144,000 square kilometres supported a population of
160 million people. Seventy-three percent of the population lives in rural areas.
Agricultural land made up 70% of land area in 2003–05, while urban land accounted
for between 8% and 20%.
We will face two challenges in the coming decades:
 Food security and climate change.
The remarkable growth in agricultural productivity achieved over the last three decades
through increased and diversified crop production is unlikely to continue. It is estimated that
45% of 160 million people in countries are already consuming less than their daily calorie
needs,53% live below the poverty line. The most densely populated economy in the world,
with farms in Bangladesh averaging less than 0.1 hectares, cultivating lands.
Goal for our Future land:
Efficacy: Land evaluation must be economically viable, so one goal of development planning
is to make efficient and productive use of the land. Efficiency is achieved by matching
different land uses with the areas that will yield the greatest benefits at the least cost.
Equity and acceptability: Land use must also be socially acceptable. Goals include food
security, employment and security of income in rural areas. Land improvements and
redistribution of land may be undertaken to reduce inequality or, alternatively, to attack
absolute poverty.
Sustainability: Sustainable land use is that which meets the needs of the present while, at the
same time, conserving resources for future generations. This requires a combination of
production and conservation: the production of the goods needed by people now, combined
with the conservation of the natural resources on which that production depends so as to
ensure continued production in the future.
Limitations:
Limitations are land qualities, or their expression by means of diagnostic criteria, which
adversely affect a kind of land use.
For example, the requirements for mechanized cultivation of wheat include high availability
of oxygen in the root zone and absence of obstructions (boulders or rock outcrops);
waterlogging and the presence of boulders are limitations. Thus, limitations may be regarded
as land qualities expressed in such a way as to show the extent to which the conditions of the
land fall short of the requirements for a given use.
Each kind of land use needs different environmental conditions if it is to be practised on a
sustained and economically viable basis. For example, most perennial crops require available
moisture within root range throughout the year
Land degradation is a concept in which the value of bio-physical environment is adversely
affected
Main issue of land degradation is Soil Erosion, Water Erosion, Change in Coastal
Morphology, River Bank Erosion, Salinity, Shifting Cultivation etc.
Conclusion:
In the past, land use changes often came about by gradual evolution, as the result of many separate
decisions taken by individuals. In the more crowded and complex world of the present they are
frequently brought about by the process of land use planning. As our population is increasing day by
day, uses of agricultural land are increasing as well as land conflicts are also increasing. So, our
government should take proper steps for sustainable land management. Besides, as a citizen we
should strictly follow the rules and regulations for making the best use of our land
References:
 https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/land-evaluation
 https://edepot.wur.nl/149437
 WIKIPEDIA

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