Conservation Agriculture in India : A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production book cover
1st Edition

Conservation Agriculture in India
A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production

Edited By

A.R. Sharma




ISBN 9781032273877
Published September 20, 2022 by Routledge
370 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations

FREE Standard Shipping
GBP £130.00

Prices & shipping based on shipping country


Preview

Book Description

This book examines the current situation, levels of adoption, management practices, and the future outlook of conservation agriculture in India, and also in other tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

While conservation agriculture is proposed as an important means to combat climate change, improve crop productivity and food affordability, and to protect the environment, the adoption of conservation agriculture in India, and south-east Asia more broadly, has been slow. This volume reflects on the current status of conservation agriculture in India, asking why adoption has been slow and putting forward strategies to improve its uptake. The chapters cover the various aspects of crop management such as soil, water, nutrients, weeds, crop residues, machinery, and energy, in a range of environments, including irrigated and rainfed regions. The impact of climate change and the economic considerations behind the adoption of conservation agriculture are also discussed. The volume concludes by discussing the future outlook for conservation agriculture in India, in particular drawing out parallels with other tropical and subtropical regions of the world.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture, crop and soil management, and environmental and natural resource management.

Table of Contents

Foreword I by Rattan Lal

Foreword II by R.S. Paroda

Part I: Conservation Agriculture: Global Scenario and Status in India

  1. Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification: Global options and opportunities
  2. Amir Kassam, Y.S. Saharawat, and I.P. Abrol

  3. History and Current Scenario of Conservation Agriculture: Benefits and Limitations
  4. A.R. Sharma and A.K. Biswas

  5. Conservation Agriculture in India: Progress in Research, Adoption, and the Way Forward
  6. A.R. Sharma

  7. Conservation Agriculture in Rainfed Areas
  8. G. Pratibha, K.V. Rao, I. Srinivas, K.L. Sharma, M. Srinivasa Rao, H. Arunakumari, K. Sammi Reddy and V.K. Singh

    Part II: Management Options for Higher Resource Use Efficiency

  9. Nutrient Management in Conservation Agriculture
  10. C.M. Parihar, H.S. Nayak, D.M. Mahala, S.L. Jat, Yadvinder-Singh, M.L. Jat, K. Patra, K. Majumdar, T. Satyanarayana, M.D. Parihar and Y.S. Saharawat

  11. Water Management in Conservation Agriculture
  12. M.L. Jat, Naveen Gupta, H.S. Jat, C.M. Parihar, H.S. Sidhu and Yadvinder-Singh

  13. Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture
  14. T.K. Das, A.R. Sharma, N.T. Yaduraju and Sourav Ghosh

  15. Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture
  16. Yadvinder-Singh,, H.S. Sidhu, M.L. Jat, N. Gupta, C.M. Parihar and H. S. Jat

  17. Machinery Development for Conservation Agriculture
  18. Manpreet Singh, H.S. Sidhu and Shiv Kumar Lohan

  19. Energy Use in Conservation Agriculture
  20. U.K. Behera and P.K. Sahoo

    Part III: Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  21. Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Agriculture
  22. Arti Bhatia, Avijit Ghosh, Amit Kumar and Ranjan Bhattacharyya

  23. Soil Health Management and Conservation Agriculture
  24. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, K.M. Hati, J. Somasundaram and U.K. Mandal

  25. Soil Microbes and Conservation Agriculture
  26. Geeta Singh

  27. Conservation Agriculture in Agroforestry Systems
  28. Inder Dev, Asha Ram, Naresh Kumar, A.R. Uthappa and A. Arunachalam

    Part IV: Economics, Adoption, and Future of Conservation Agriculture

  29. Economic Aspects of Conservation Agriculture
  30. H.S. Dhaliwal and Dharvinder Singh

  31. Adoption of Happy Seeder Technology in North-Western India
  32. Rajbir Singh, Yadvinder-Singh and A.R. Sharma

  33. Conservation Agriculture: The Future of Indian Agriculture

Raj Gupta, I.P. Abrol and A.R. Sharma

...
View More

Editor(s)

Biography

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.