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learn Paper (postgraduate) from the yr 2014 within the topic Geography / Earth technology - actual Geography, Geomorphology, Environmental stories, grade: A+, Khulna collage (Economics Discipline), direction: BSS (Honrs) in Economics, language: English, summary: like any different elements of the area, land use styles in Bangladesh specially of south-west half were saw to alter swiftly seeing that past due of twentieth century. Lands of south-west quarter have been as a rule used for rice farming because the center of twentieth century yet polderization undertaking of Bangladesh in the course of Seventies triggered significant adjustments in land use development both via transformation or amendment of land conceal and cropping. Literature indicates that unmarried cropped rice parts of earlier many years have already been cultivated two times or three times according to yr whereas a few such lands have already been switched over for shrimp farming. This paper examines the determinants of land use styles and their corresponding adjustments (i.e. rice and shrimp farming) through the years at pirozpur village of Kaligonj upazila lower than Satkhira district of Khulna department in Bangladesh. The learn is being performed at the foundation of cross-sectional info accrued from the choice maker or head of every pattern loved ones. right here info were amassed via questionnaire in addition to concentration workforce dialogue from a pattern measurement of eighty families; every one 40 from shrimp and rice farming. right here logistic regression contemplating rice farming land because the reference dummy in addition to cost-benefit research is being performed to understand the extents of land use determinants. despite the fact that, the examine zone being on the subject of river Hariavanga, shrimp farming has develop into foremost within the examine zone and children are extra attracted to shrimp farming than in the other land use choices. research indicates that expense unfastened irrigation for shrimp farming in addition to better revenue, lower price and to be had inputs are the key elements of elevated shrimp farming within the examine zone. The examine additionally reveals that if rice will be cultivated 3 times according to yr then shrimp is much less appealing whereas there lacks education amenities for the rice farmers that can reason dissatisfaction to land vendors inflicting conversion of rice land into shrimp. on hand land holders basically come to a decision their land use trend according to brief run price profit calculation instead of future effect of land use of their livelihood in addition to ecology. The learn reveals age, common calamities, kin kind and availability of credits to be negatively comparable with shrimp farming whereas land engagement technique, accessibility, economically lively relations quantity, proximity to carrier quarter, local land use styles, land possession and land hire to be absolutely related.

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