IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON PERI-URBAN FARMLANDS OF FARMERS IN THE BENGALURU METROPOLITAN REGION, INDIA
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 52
Abstract
Land is a key asset for farmers in the countries like India where more than half of the population engaged in agriculture for their livelihood. But, Land acquisition from governments; increase in real estate growth by various private business firms and the continued demand for infrastructure development in the periphery of the urban areas makes a greater impact on peri-urban farmland and their livelihoods. So, the present study was an effort to find the overview of farmland transactions by farmers in peri-urban area of Bengaluru, reasons and their future response on selling of land. Study revealed that out of total 160 respondents, about 58.1 per cent of respondents sold their farm land called sold category (n=93), in that 87 partially sold and 6 completely sold respondents were found and 41.9 per cent completely retained their farmland without any sale (unsold category). In sold category (n=93) nearly 71 per cent of the farmers had sold their land to real estate owners. The main reason to sell the land includes escalation in land prices (15.05%), lack of interest of farmers in agriculture (10.75%). Responses about future selling of land revealed that majority of respondents (55.6%) did not show intention to sell land. This shows that farming in the peri-urban areas in the coming days is likely to face many challenges, which require proper attention by government and need to set up a mechanism to regulate the sale of agricultural land around peri-urban areas to prevent further agriculture land loss.
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K. N. RAVI
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