1. Land Resources and Agriculture

Land is an important natural resource, which serves variety of functions. Different types of lands are suited to different uses. Human beings thus, use land as a resource for production as well as residence and recreation. Though, land seems to be in vast amount but its usage pattern and category makes it a limited resource.. There are two main factors determining land-use:

1. Physical Factors: These factors are like topography, soils, climate etc.

2. Human Factors: Growth of human population, duration of land control, technology, land rights, social, economic and cultural factors are some of the human factors.