Mitigation of land scarcity situation through tenure practices: a study on two selected villages in Jashore district of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries with immense pressure on agricultural land in rural areas. Mainstream households depend either agriculture or its associated activities for their livelihood. However, distribution highly skewed, majority them are landless. Under such a scarce situation, farmers areas have been gradually inclining towards tenancy. Present study steered to explore nature and volume temporary transaction through tenancy agreement studied scrutinize role aligning distribution. In 2017, total 166 were randomly selected from two different villages Jashore district study. Result administrated that practice has significantly mitigating disparity among farmers. Study also explored comparatively rich leaning tenant out these lands tenanted by landless marginal Consequently, an average farm could increases cultivable 0.01 acre 0.98 compared 0.31 0.73 acres. At same time, medium decreased as 3.74 acres 2.83 villages.
 Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(2): 164-169, December 2020