Agricultural development in north twenty four parganas district west bengal challenges and opportunities

Abstract

Agricultural development is essential for food and nutrition security especially in newlineagrarian based developing countries like India. Agro-ecological conditions, economic newlineand socio-cultural environment determine the nature of agricultural development in a newlineregion. Identification of challenges and opportunities is essential to formulate newlineeffective strategies for agricultural development. In this context, North Twenty Four newlineParganas District, situated in the Lower Gangetic Plain of West Bengal, India has newlinebeen considered to analyse the challenges and opportunities for agricultural newlinedevelopment. newline