Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
NOTES
1. In terms of availability of natural resources, this planet has al-
ready exceeded its upper limit of the environmental carrying ca-
pacity. When this carrying capacity exceeds, there is an irrevers-
ible damage on the ecosystem. The overuse of land and depletion
of land resources are the best examples to show the consequence of
exceeded carrying capacity (see Pimentel, 1998 for details).
2. Global estimates of tropical deforestation range from 69,000 km
in 1980 to 10000 - 165000 km. in the late 1980s (see David &
Tucker, 1997; for details also see Tucker & Richard 'Global Dis-
forestation in the Nineteenth Century World Economy', 1983;
Durham & Williams, Prog Human Geography 13, [1989]).
3. Thomas Robert Malthus is perhaps the first theoretician who pro-
pounded demographic theory with a pessimism showing that pop-
ulation increase will supersede food supply and resources which
create problems for human survival [see Malthus, 1798].
4. During the 1930s, the number of population was lowered and the
reason was the decline in fertility, and the higher rate of mortality
due to a number of reasons.
5.
A union is the lowest unit of local government organization in Ban-
gladesh. It usually comprises of 6-15 villages and is governed by
one chairman and nine members directly elected by the villagers.
6.
Physiographically, Rajshahi District is divided into three broad di-
visions: (a) the Barind Region, (b) the newly laid alluvial depos-
its along the bank of Padma and (c) the beel or marshy area (see
Karim, 1990 for details).
7.
I have taken a few sample families from different class of peasants
to represent their groups. In future, this will further be updated by
interviewing each family to know specifi cally their everyday food
consumption patterns.
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