This book, which is the result of a painstaking but humble research work, aspires to provide the reader an in-depth insight into its thrust area, namely a socio-economic study on the changing pattern of productivity of agricultural land in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal, India in the context of Indian agriculture. It attempts to focus on some hitherto uncharted aspects and areas of the subject-matter and issues it addresses. In a world which, among other things, is preoccupied with the concern for providing itself with food essential for its existence, the author humbly hopes that his work will open up new avenues of thought that will lead to new methods and means for solving this crisis which threatens to further complicate our lives in the years to come. This book is imperative to the researchers as well as post graduate students and common readers.