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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
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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 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.

    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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