Efficient Use Of Land Resources For Regenerative Agriculture

Authors

• Surabhi Hota, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• K. K. Mourya, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• Arijit Barman, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• Gopal Tiwari, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• Ajay Satpute, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• Ashok Kumar, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• R. S. Meena, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur
• Prakash Kumar Jha, Mississippi State University
• Sayantan Sahu, College of Computer, Mathematical, & Natural Sciences
• U. S. Saikia, ICAR - National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur

ORCID

Jha: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5973-711X

MSU Affiliation

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Department of Plant and Soil Sciences

Creation Date

2026-04-29

Abstract

Growing population and consequent growing needs for food, clean water, products from natural resources and need for rapid socio-economic development are exerting increased pressures on land resources in several nations across the world. To feed the large population, with limited available arable land, proper land resource management is necessary. Regenerative agriculture is such an approach that focusses on agricultural productions along with rejuvenating and maintaining the natural resources for future generations. Land resources are a vital part of the agricultural production system, and the variation in land resources could explain low agricultural productivity. Hence, inventorying the land resources and planning the land uses based on their constraints, potentials and climatic factors are a holistic approach towards regenerative agriculture. Study of land resources at largescale is necessary to generate sufficient soil dataset with respect to their morphology, physical, chemical and biological properties, to characterize the lands in terms of their potentials and limitations. This chapter discusses the tools and techniques of conventional and modern approaches towards inventorying the land resources, characterizing the land resources, assessment of capability and quality of land, management of land resources and planning sustainable land uses based on information of land resources for regenerative agricultural productions.

Publication Date

5-8-2024

Publication Title

Regenerative Agriculture: Translating Science to Action

Publisher

CRC Press

First Page

133

Last Page

154

Recommended Citation

Hota, S., Mourya, K. K., Barman, A., Tiwari, G., Satpute, A., Kumar, A., Meena, R. S., Jha, P. K., Sahu, S., & Saikia, U. S. (2024). Efficient Use of Land Resources for Regenerative Agriculture. In A. Rakshit, M. Parihar, V. Singh Meena, P. Abhilash, P. K. Jha, & D. Sarkar, Regenerative Agriculture (1st ed., pp. 133–154). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003309581-10