ECONOMIC IMPACT OF URBANISATION ON PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND AGRO ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN PERI URBAN AND RURAL AREAS
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2015-12-25
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
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The present study was carried out with an overall objective of economic impact of urbanisation on rural and peri-urban farming household across irrigated and rainfed situations. Primary data were collected from 160 farmers, 80 each from rural (Ramanagara taluk) and peri-urban (Hoskote taluk) region. Among 80 farmers, 40 farmers each under rainfed and irrigated situation were considered. Time series data on area under all crop categories were considered for 26 years ( 1986 to 2012). Over the years, area under crop categories like cereals, pulses and oilseeds had shown negative growth rate, whereas perennials like coconut, mango and eucalyptus had shown positive growth rate. Agro ecosystem services such as fertility status and pollution factors influence agricultural land values to an extent of 20 to 25 per cent. Farmers in the peri-urban areas used urban and industrial waste contaminated water as source of irrigation and were able to realize additional net income of about Rs 28,425 per acre. Sample farmers viewed that the urbanisation had negative impact on men, women as they were losing interest in farm and allied activities and inculcated fancy towards the nearby urban areas, whereas they felt there was positive impact on children because of exposure to better education system. Urbanisation had negative impact on farming community as there was fear of encroachment . of agricultural lands,. non availability ·of labour for agricultural
activities etc. Urbanisation had positive impact on landless labourers as there was ample job opportunities on farm and also on non-farm sectors. Sale proceedings of agricultural land revealed that investments on the real estate· (0.27) had fetched better returns, followed by investment on agricultural lands (0.20).
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