Pressure on farm land is increasing at the periphery of the cities and the developmental pressures led by the urbanization process transforming farm lands into non-agricultural landscapes which is irreversible. Hence the study was conducted along rural-urban continuum of Bengaluru North to analyze the impact of urbanization on land use pattern and production systems. The results of the study revealed that the area under non-agricultural uses is growing significantly with positive trend in the Bengaluru urban and

Bengaluru rural districts and Bengaluru North and Devanahalli taluks where the influence of Bengaluru sprawl is more and in rural gradient its growth is insignificant. The net sown area has recorded significant negative growth in urban gradient and is insignificant in other two gradients. The correlation between area under non-agricultural uses and net sown area was significant and strongly negatively correlated in urban gradient. The extent of their correlation co-efficient decreases as the urban influences decreases.

Field crops have seen devastation in the last decade at urban and peri-urban gradients. Because of ground water shortage and frequent failure of bore wells, the area under vegetable crops and mulberry has reduced at farm level, where as the area of fruit crops under micro irrigation system has increased. Hence in the view of rapid growth of Bengaluru city, there is a need for measures to control irreversible damage of farm lands and agrarian community in the area.