Agricultural Land Use

This book presents contemporary trends and challenges in agricultural land-use, drawing on an array of global case studies. This volume examines agricultural land-use through a three pronged approach: structural transformations, environmental challenges and planning and policy. Reflecting the global relevance of contemporary challenges to agricultural land-use, the book presents a wide-range of novel case studies from across the world, including Poland, Hungary, Denmark, Slovenia, Czechia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Algeria, North-East Africa countries, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, USA, and Brazil. Each chapter focuses on a particular issue related to agricultural land use in that country or region, including land fragmentation, reduction of crop land, agricultural intensification, desertification of soils, climate change, biodiversity loss, traditional agricultural systems, urbanization and rural development, planning challenges for agricultural land. Together the chapters present a global view of the challenges facing the agricultural industry and offer solutions for developing sustainable agricultural practices to ensure food security and environmental and biodiversity conservation. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of food and agriculture, land-use and land management, rural studies and sustainable development.