Why does Australia have maximum land under pasture and India has such a low %of land under pasture?
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Land resources in India are primarily divided into agricultural land, forest land, land meant for pasture and grazing, and waste land. Waste land includes rocky, arid and desert areas, and land used for other non-agricultural purposes such as housing, roads and industry. According to the recent data, about 54% of the total land area is cultivable or fallow, 22.5% is covered by forests, and 3.45% is used for grazing. The rest is waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation.
The land under forest has not increased since 1960–61 because in the post-independence era demand for more land to expand agriculture, mainly after Green Revolution, developmental works and infrastructural facilities, led to clearance of forests areas. Industrialization and urbanization also decreased the forest area. Thus, land under forest has increased by only about 4% since 1960-61.
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Land resources in India are primarily divided into agricultural land, forest land, land meant for pasture and grazing, and waste land. Waste land includes rocky, arid and desert areas, and land used for other non-agricultural purposes such as housing, roads and industry. According to the recent data, about 54% of the total land area is cultivable or fallow, 22.5% is covered by forests, and 3.45% is used for grazing. The rest is waste land, with traces of miscellaneous cultivation.
The land under forest has not increased since 1960–61 because in the post-independence era demand for more land to expand agriculture, mainly after Green Revolution, developmental works and infrastructural facilities, led to clearance of forests areas. Industrialization and urbanization also decreased the forest area. Thus, land under forest has increased by only about 4% since 1960-61.
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Australia have maximum land under pasture and India has such a low percentage of land under pasture
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- Australia has largest percentage of agricultural land that are classified as "improved pasture" for grazing. That is grasslands have been modified or converted to make them pasture lands. Livestock grazing on such modified pasture is by far the biggest use within the "intensive agriculture region", covering over 70 per cent. Moreover Australia has huge grasslands that are used as pasture or grazing lands
- Agricultural pressure can explain the decline in land under the pastures and grazing lands. This decline is largely attributed to illegal activity due to agricultural expansion and growing crops on common pasture lands.
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