Question

What is a significant challenge arising from changes in land use and cropping patterns in Kerala?

• A. Increased food security and environmental sustainability
• B. Challenges to food security and ecological sustainability of the State
• C. Increase in permanent pasturelands and grazing land
• D. Expansion of agricultural land only with no non-agricultural uses

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Challenges to food security and ecological sustainability of the State

• The shift in cropping patterns from food to non-food crops and increase in non-agricultural land use threaten both food security and the ecological balance in Kerala.