Horticulture for Nutrition Security

by Peter, K. V.

ISBN: 9789351307938
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 15995.00
Biblio : lxiii+478 p., col.figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Prof. K.V. Peter, Director World Noni Research Foundation, Chennai is the Former Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU); Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut; Director of Research KAU and Professor of Horticulture from 1979. A post graduate from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (1969-1975), he is associated with development of biotic stress resistant varieties in Chilli (Pant-C1, Pant-C2), tomato (Sakthi) and brinjal (Surya) which are grown through out the country.

About The Book

Malnutrition-under nutrition and imbalanced nutrition-is a major health problem in developing and developed countries. The recent National Health Survey-2005-06 says “India loses 2-3 per cent of its GDP every year due to undernutrition among children in the age group of up to two years”. According to the report “Nutrition in India” even among wealthy only about 7 percent children between 6 and 24 months receive adequate feeding, health care and environmental health. The FAO of the UN declared 2014 as year of family farming with the intention of making each family a farming unit to meet the nutritional requirement. The Indian National Science Academy focused on micronutrient security as priority for research and action. The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi released two policy papers related to organic farming and related approaches to make homesteads self sustainable. Being a sub-continent enjoying temperate, sub-tropical and tropical climate along with arid climate and a longer coastal eco-system India has the strength of biodiversity, traditional wisdom and adequate natural resources-soil, water and energy. “There is a horticultural remedy for every nutritional malady” says Prof. M.S. Swaminathan. Fruits, vegetables, spices and aromatic plants are the reservoirs of much needed fibre, vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, lipids, flavourants, odourants and essential phyto-chemicals. Horticulture for Nutrition Security carries 21 chapters authored by 43 well known scientists. Four preambles are added to get the most authoritative information on Nutrition Security. The book has a FOREWORD by Prof. V.L. Chopra, Former Member, Planning Commission (Science) GOI and Former Director General ICAR New Delhi. The book is devoted to Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, the Father of Green Revolution for his commitment to make India hunger free by 2030.

Table of Contents

Devotion v Acknowledgement vii Foreword ix Preamble-I xi Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN-2014. The State of Food and Agriculture-2014 in Brief: Innovations in Family Farming Preamble-II xix Micro-nutrient Security for India: Priorities for Research and Action Report by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi Preamble-III xxxv Policy Paper No. 30: Organic Farming: Approaches and Possibilities in the Context of Indian Agriculture Issued by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi Preamble-IV xliii Policy Paper No. 7: Diversification of Agriculture for Human Nutrition Issued by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi List of Contributors lvii Introduction lxi 1. Aetiology and Consequences of Malnutrition and Way Forward 1 Mahtab S. Bamji 2. Economics of Family Farming 7 K.V. Peter, Binoo P. Bonny and A. Prema 3. Nutrition Garden in the Context of Nutritional Security 19 P. Indira and K.V. Peter 4. Good Agricultural Practices and Organic Farming (GAP and OF) 37 K.V. Peter, S.Nirmala Devi, P.G. Sadhankumar and T. Pradeepkumar 5. Organic Spices 43 B. Suma and T. Pradeepkumar 6. Vegetables and our Health 67 B. Singh, T.K. Koley and Aastik Jha 7. Advances in Plant Sciences for Nutritional Security 125 Mehanathan Muthamilarasan and Manoj Prasad 8. Food Supplements to Complement Urban Food Security 141 K.V. Peter and Binoo Bonny 9. Fertility Management for Horticultural Crops in Acidic Soils of Warm Humid Tropics 147 P. Sureshkumar and P. Geetha 10. Chemistry of Macronutrients Fixation in Acidic Soils 169 B.B. Basak and Rajiv Rakshit 11. Rootstocks for Abiotic Stress Management in Fruits 189 S.K. Mitra and T.K.S. Irenaeus 12. Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Horticultural Crops 217 Anant Bahadur and Amit Kumar Singh 13. Shelflife of Fruits and Vegetables-Interventions to Prolong 261 R.K. Pal and A. Maity 14. Physiology of Spoilage of Temperate Fruits 301 Parshant Bakshi, Ganganpreet Kour and F.A. Masoodi 15. Resistance to Abiotic Stress in Vegetables and Spices 331 K.V. Peter, S. Nirmala Devi, K. Nirmal Babu and P.G. Sadhankumar 16. Azadirachtin: Its Structure and Insect Activity 345 Pathipati Usha Rani 17. Nanotechnologies for Crop Production 367 J.C. Tarafdar 18. Environment-Sensitive Male-Sterility in some Food Crops 385 K.B. Saxena and M. Bharathi 19. Indigenous Leaf Vegetables 411 P.G. Sadhankumar, S. Nirmaladevi and K.V. Peter 20. Potatoes for Nutritional Security 425 Brajesh Singh, B.P. Singh and Pinky Raigond 21. Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture (UPA) for Food and Nutrition Security 445 K.V. Peter and Binoo Bonny Index 451