Advances in Organic Farming

Crop Production and Management
Herausgeber: Devi, Elangbam Premabati; Upadhyay, Vinod; Brahma, Sanchita; Nath, Rupak Kumar; Sarma, Ranjit

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores organic farming, discussing issues that include organic crop production practices, organic seed production, organic management of pests and diseases, organic nutrient management, organic farming and climate change mitigation and adaptation, organic crop certification procedures, and marketing aspects of organic produce, etc.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 642
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781774917541
• ISBN-10: 1774917548
• Artikelnr.: 70943476

Autorenporträt

Sanchita Brahma, PhD, is Associate Professor of Horticulture at Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. With experience in extension and teaching, she has published research papers, popular articles, book chapters, and four teaching manuals. She has also written a number of leaflets, extension bulletins, etc. for the benefit of the farming community. Vinod Upadhyay, PhD, is a Junior Scientist in Plant Pathology at Assam Agricultural University: Zonal Research Station, India. He was an associate scientist on projects funded by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the World Bank and was involved in establishing a mushroom spawn laboratory unit at the Regional Agricultural Research Station. He has published research and review papers, books, book chapters, popular articles, and bulletins for the farming community. Rupak Kumar Nath, PhD, is Associate Professor of Entomology, Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. He has published research papers as well as a number of leaflets, extension bulletins, etc. for the benefit of the farming community on insect pest management of crop plants. Dr. Nath is engaged in undergraduate teaching, covering courses related to the fundamentals of entomology and economic entomology. Ranjit Sarma, PhD, is Associate Dean at Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture at Assam Agricultural University, India. With over 31 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension, he has attended many regional and national workshops and national conferences and has published research papers, books, and book chapters. Elangbam Premabati Devi, PhD, is Assistant Research Scientist in Plant Pathology at the Wheat Research Station at Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Gujarat, India. With several years of experience in research and extension, she has published research and review papers in national and international journals, book chapters, and popular articles.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I: SCOPE AND NUTRITIONAL IMPORTANCE OF ORGANIC FARMING
1. Economics of Organic Farming in India and North-East India 2. Quality
and Nutritional Value of Organic and Conventional Agricultural Produce 3.
Nutritional Importance and Public Health Safety of Organic Food PART II:
ORGANIC FARMING AND CLIMATE CHANGE 4. Organic Agriculture: A Potential
Strategy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture 5. Organic
Farming Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation 6. Organic
Farming in a Changing Climatic Scenario PART III: CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
IN ORGANIC FARMING 7. An Overview of Integrated Organic Farming System
(IOFS) and Its Importance in the Present Era 8. Biofortification in Organic
Farming: A Future Challenge 9. Water Management in Organic Farming 10. Weed
Management in Organic Farming 11. Cultural and Mechanical Weed Management
in Organic Rice 12. A Holistic Plant Breeding Approach for Organic Farming
PART IV: SOIL AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT IN ORGANIC FARMING 13. Management of
Organic Farming through Natural Assets of Nutrients 14. Biofertilizers and
Vermi-compost: Sources of Nutrient Management in Organic Agriculture 15.
Soil Fertility Management in Organic Farming 16. Liquid Manures for Crop
Nutrition Under Organic Cultivation PART V: ORGANIC SEED PRODUCTION OF
PADDY AND VEGETABLE CROPS 17. Organic Seed Production of Rice: Prospects
and Possibilities in Assam Perspective 18. Organic Seed Production:
Principles and Practices 19. Organic Seed Production of Major Vegetable
Crops 20. Organic Seed Production of Vegetable Crops 21. Organic Farming
Practices in Vegetable Crops 22. Bestowing Organichood in North Eastern
Region of India through Underutilized Horticultural Crops 23. Organic
Farming in Temperate Fruit Crops PART VI: PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN
ORGANIC FARMING 24. Insect Pest Management Strategies in Organic Vegetable
Cultivation 25. Role of Microbes and Organic Amendments in Stimulating ISR
and SAR in Plant Disease Management 26. Recent Advances in Organic Pest
Management in Citrus 27. Organic Pest Management: A Vision Towards a Safer
Nation 28. Bio-Intensive Pest Management in Vegetables 29. Microbial
Insecticides and Their Potential Use in Insect Pest Management 30.
Biopesticide: A Potent Tool for Plant Disease Management 31. Organic
Disease Management of Solanaceous Vegetable Crops