Asif Ishtiaque

Agricultural Land Utilization: a Study on the Capital of Bangladesh Asif Ishtiaque

Bangladesh is an agricultural country. It is situated in Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin. Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system makes the land of Bangladesh very fertile. Its fertile land gives a huge amount of agricultural production. Agricultural operation is done almost all over the country. Even the southeastern hilly people also do agriculture. Agriculture is the most common occupation in every district of Bangladesh. Dhaka is the administrative and economic capital of Bangladesh. In recent years Dhaka is facing high rate of urbanization. But Dhaka also has wide scale agricultural activities. Dhaka is subdivided into Dhaka city and 5 upazilas (sub-district). Dhaka city is devoid of agricultural operations but the 5 upazilas have extensive agricultural activities. This book is on the agricultural land utilization of Dhaka. This book covers the agricultural activities of each upazilas. This book will be helpful for those who want to deal with the agriculture or land utilization of Bangladesh or Dhaka. This book will also be helpful for the students of Agricultural Science, Agricultural Geography, Land Use Study etc.