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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 Copyright 2023
370 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

370 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

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

  2. History and Current Scenario of Conservation Agriculture: Benefits and Limitations

    3. A.R. Sharma and A.K. Biswas

  3. Conservation Agriculture in India: Progress in Research, Adoption, and the Way Forward

    4. A.R. Sharma

  4. Conservation Agriculture in Rainfed Areas

    5. 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

  5. Nutrient Management in Conservation Agriculture

    6. 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

  6. Water Management in Conservation Agriculture

    7. M.L. Jat, Naveen Gupta, H.S. Jat, C.M. Parihar, H.S. Sidhu and Yadvinder-Singh

  7. Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture

    8. T.K. Das, A.R. Sharma, N.T. Yaduraju and Sourav Ghosh

  8. Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture

    9. Yadvinder-Singh,, H.S. Sidhu, M.L. Jat, N. Gupta, C.M. Parihar and H. S. Jat

  9. Machinery Development for Conservation Agriculture

    10. Manpreet Singh, H.S. Sidhu and Shiv Kumar Lohan

  10. Energy Use in Conservation Agriculture

    11. U.K. Behera and P.K. Sahoo

    Part III: Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

  11. Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Agriculture

    12. Arti Bhatia, Avijit Ghosh, Amit Kumar and Ranjan Bhattacharyya

  12. Soil Health Management and Conservation Agriculture

    13. K.K. Bandyopadhyay, K.M. Hati, J. Somasundaram and U.K. Mandal

  13. Soil Microbes and Conservation Agriculture

    14. Geeta Singh

  14. Conservation Agriculture in Agroforestry Systems

    15. Inder Dev, Asha Ram, Naresh Kumar, A.R. Uthappa and A. Arunachalam

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

  15. Economic Aspects of Conservation Agriculture

    16. H.S. Dhaliwal and Dharvinder Singh

  16. Adoption of Happy Seeder Technology in North-Western India

    17. Rajbir Singh, Yadvinder-Singh and A.R. Sharma

  17. Conservation Agriculture: The Future of Indian Agriculture

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

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.

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