Evaluating the Impacts of Development on Agricultural Land
Journal Title: Current Investigations in Agriculture and Current Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
In developing nations like the Kurdistan region in Iraq, experience shows that, during the initial phases of development, urban expansion becomes a top priority and as a consequence agricultural land is often considered as a set aside for forthcoming urban expansion. Hence, agricultural lands are at risk due to the loss of land to urbanization. The Kurdistan region in Iraq is highly suited for agriculture as it boasts significant areas of arable land, fertile soil and various micro-climatic zones [1,2]. Potentially, agriculture in the Region could become an important public revenue and the rehabilitation of this sector translates into reviving village life, creating more job opportunities, encouraging new industries, and upgrading the standard of living and quality of life [3,4]. Agriculture in the region is characterized by its low productivity due to a number of reasons which include using outdated farming practices, not matching agricultural produce with the best fitting environmental conditions. An added factor can also be the loss of prime productive land to urbanization. This note assesses the influences of urban expansion, on wasting arable land and the ultimate consequence on sustainable agricultural production in the Kurdistan region, Iraq.
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Serwan MJ Baban
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- DOI 10.32474/CIACR.2018.05.000203
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