Conservation Agriculture: The New Paradigm

by Gupta, Shobhana & Neeraj Hada

ISBN: 9789351303664
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Imprint : Biotech
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 15995.00
Biblio : xi+476p., figs. tabls., ind., 25 cm., 1000 gms

About The Book

The concepts associated with Conservation Agriculture (CA) are practiced by numerous farmers throughout the globe. This book is an attempt to include information on CAbased resource-conserving practices on factors such as pest, weed, and disease dynamics; the effects of crop rotations and green manure cover crops; residue management and threshold levels of residue cover; soil nutrient dynamics and nutrient management ; water management; soil structure dynamics; impacts on greenhouse gas emissions; adaptive research/policy issues; impacts on household livelihoods, local/regional economies; food security; farming system approach and varieties adapted to CA systems in the form of a compilation of chapters on conservation agriculture invited from agriculture scientists and researchers from various ICAR institutes and State Agricultural Universities.

Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface THEME I CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE-GLOBAL EXPERIENCE 1. Global Experiences of Conservation Agriculture Chaman Jadon, Neeraj Hada and S.N. Meena THEME II CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AS ROUTE TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2. Sustainable Crop Production in Arid and Semi Arid Areas of Rajasthan L. K. Jain and Shobhana Gupta 3. Conservation of Natural Resources and Management for Livelihood Security Y.K. Shukla, M.K. Tiwari and Rashmi Shukla 4. Forage Conservation and Utilization Pankaj Lawania and Shobhana Gupta THEME III CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE-POLICY AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES 5. Conservation Agriculture: Current Scenario and way forwards Krishna Pal Singh and Prem Chand THEME IV PRIORITIES AND PROGRAMMES OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE 6. Conservation Agriculture: A Success Precursor Technology for Climate Resilient Agriculture for Rural Upliftment Baldev Ram, B. S. Meena and S. S. Tomar THEME V CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE IN VARIOUS FARMING SYSTEMS 7. Biodiversity and Conservation of small Ruminant Breeds Sanjeev Singh, Indrajit Ganguly and Satyendra Pal Singh 8. Major Mites Pest of Vegetable Crops in India and their Management Surendra Prasad, Reena and Birendra Prasad 9. Conservation Agriculture in dry Environments S S Rao and P P Rohilla 10. Agroforestry is an Alternate System for Sustainable Development in Agriculture and Environment D.S. Bhati and AS. Shaikh 11. Production and Availability of Milk and Dairy Products B. K. Mishra, Seilenkap Haokip and Sunil Kumar 12. Economic Importance of Milk Borne diseases Sunil Kumar and B.K. Mishra 13. Low Cost Technology for in-situ Moisture Conservation in Soybean based Cropping System in Malwa Plateau of Madhya Pradesh D S Tomar, S K Kaushik, A K Dixit, Arvind Saxena and K V Singh THEME VI CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE-TECHNOLOGY, NEEDS & ISSUES 14. Successful Information Technology (IT) for Agriculture and Rural Development Arun Bhatt, Birendra Prasad and Abhishek Bahuguna 15. Seed Dormancy and Germination as Influenced by Hormonal Interaction Birendra Prasad, Abhishek Bahuguna and Arun Bhatt 16. Synthetic Seed: Effective and Efficient Alternative Method of Propagation Vineet Kumar, Birendra Prasad and Abhishek Bahuguna 17. Promoting Women Friendly Equipment for Sustainable Agriculture Rekha Tiwari, D.S.Tomar, A.K.Dixit and S.K.Kaushik THEME VII STRATEGIES OF CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE 18. Strategies of Organic Forage Production: Management and Production Issues Pankaj Lawania and Shobhana Gupta 19. Conservation Agriculture – The Role of Mechanization Akansha Choudhary, Sudhir Rawat. Vikas Yadav and Shobhana Gupta 20. Agronomic Practices for Conservation Agriculture T C. Poonia and P. D. Kumawat 21. Conservation Agriculture – Purpose and Practices Sudhir Rawat, Akansha Choudhary, Vikas Yadav Shobhana Gupta THEME VIII R&D PRIORITIES FOR CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE 22. Bioinformatics Tools and Techniques for Harnessing the Potential of Medicinal Plants Arun Bhatt, Birendra Prasad and Abhishek Bahuguna 23. Economics of Conservation Agriculture Vikas Kumar, Sudhir Kumar Rawat, Shobhana Gupta and Sudhakar Dwivedi Index"