Soil Diversity of Andaman & Nicobar Islands

An attempt has been made in this paper to arrive at an estimate for the first time on the distribution and extent of coastal areas of Andaman&Nicobar Islands based on the soil characteristics. The paper also suggests the future land use for the improvement in crop productivity in Andaman and Nicobar Islands based on inventory of soil resource and other natural resources, description of various constraints, limiting productivity for sustainable bioproduction like deforestation, erosion etc. The study has been made in this paper to go deep in to that facet and advocate remedial measures as a pioneer work in Andaman&Nicobar Islands.