Conservation Agriculture in India

A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production
Herausgeber: Sharma, A R

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines conservation agriculture in India, discussing the current situation. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture, crop and soil management, and environmental and natural resource management more broadly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 694g
• ISBN-13: 9781032273877
• ISBN-10: 1032273879
• Artikelnr.: 64103846

Autorenporträt

A.R. Sharma is Director of Research at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Previously, he served as Director, ICAR-Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur (2012-17); and Professor and Head at the Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi (2009-2012). He possesses an unparalleled record of academic achievements throughout, and has made outstanding contributions in the field of natural resource management over the last 35 years of his professional career including nutrient and weed management, and conservation agriculture.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Conservation Agriculture: Global Scenario and Status in India 1.
Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification: Global Options
and Opportunities 2. History and Current Scenario of Conservation
Agriculture: Benefits and Limitations 3. Conservation Agriculture in India:
Progress in Research, Adoption, and the Way Forward 4. Conservation
Agriculture in Rainfed Areas Part II: Management Options for Higher
Resource Use Efficiency 5. Nutrient Management in Conservation Agriculture
6. Water Management in Conservation Agriculture 7. Weed Management in
Conservation Agriculture 8. Crop Residue Management in Conservation
Agriculture 9. Machinery Development for Conservation Agriculture 10.
Energy Use in Conservation Agriculture Part III: Soil Health and Greenhouse
Gas Emissions 11. Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration in
Conservation Agriculture 12. Soil Health Management and Conservation
Agriculture 13. Soil Microbes and Conservation Agriculture 14. Conservation
Agriculture in Agroforestry Systems Part IV: Economics, Adoption and Future
of Conservation Agriculture 15. Economic Aspects of Conservation
Agriculture 16. Adoption of Happy Seeder Technology in North-Western India
17. Conservation Agriculture: The Future of Indian Agriculture