1st Edition
Organic Crop Production Management Focus on India, with Global Implications
Covering a wide array of topics on the status and challenges of organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues, etc., in food crops, vegetable crops, and sugarcane, this new volume addresses how organic farming is an attractive option toward the reduction of toxic emissions produced from traditional agriculture and how it can help mitigate the deleterious effects on crops from climate change. With a focus primarily on India but with application elsewhere in the agricultural world, the volume looks at organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health, sugarcane productivity and sugar industry by-products, nutritional management in system-based organic farming, the management of pests in organic farming, the use of vermiculture as an important method for organic farming, and much more. The volume also looks at the issues and challenges in the marketing of organic produce.
1. Organic Agriculture in India: An Overview
Ashok Kumar Yadav
2. Organic Farming: Issues and Challenges in India
Raghavendra Singh, R. K. Avasthi, and Subhash Babu
3. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture in India
J. P. Saini and Neelam Bhardwaj
4. Organic Farming for Adaptation and Mitigating Impact of Climate Change for Ensuring Rural Livelihood Security
A. K. Singh
5. Organic Vegetables Production Under Protected Conditions
Balraj Singh and Santosh Choudhary
6. Organic Farming: Issues and Strategies for Improved Production
N. Ravisankar and A. S. Panwar
7. Status and Scope of Organic Vegetable Farming Under Temperate Himalayan Region of J & K
Nazeer Ahmed, Sumati Narayan, Ajaz Ahmed Malik, and K. Hussain
8. Organic Farming: Perspective in Sustainable Development Under Changing Climatic Conditions
Rajvir Singh Rathore
9. Managing Soil and Water Through Organic Farming Methods for Sustainable Agriculture Production
Munish Kumar
10. Improving Soil Health and Sugarcane Productivity by Managing Crop Residue and Sugar Industry By-Products
S. K. Shukla, Lalan Sharma, V. P. Jaiswal, A. Gaur, and S. K. Awasthi
11. Nutritional Management in System-Based Organic Farming
A. K. Singh, A. K. Jha, and A. Srinivasaraghavan
12. Organic Farming Technology for Mitigating Effects of Climate Change and Ensuring Livelihood Sustainability
Rajesh Kumar Dubey and Priyanka Babel
13. Organic Horticulture for Sustainable Production and Livelihood Security in Drylands
P. L. Saroj and Hare Krishna
14. Organic Farming in Vegetable Crops
S. S. Hebbar, A. K. Nair, M. Senthil Kumar, and M. Prabhakar
15. Organic Cultivation of Vegetable Crops
Anitta Judy Kurian, Minnu Ann Jose, S. Nirmala Devi, P. Indira, and K. V. Peter
16. Organic Farming in Vegetables: An Opportunity for Sustainable Production and Livelihood Enhancement
B. Singh and S. K. Singh
17. Organic Pest Management: Emerging Trends and Future Thrusts
S. Sithanantham
18. Eco-Organic Agriculture towards Climate Resilience and Livelihood Security: True Agrarian Development Perspective
Thomas Abraham and Suryendra Singh
19. Organic Jaggery Production
Priyanka Singh, S. I. Anwar, M. M. Singh, and B. L. Sharma
20. Organic Vegetable Production: Needs, Challenges and Strategies
B. S. Tomar, Gograj Singh Jat, and Jogendra Singh
21. Traditional Kalanamak Rice Based Organic Production System in North-Eastern Uttar Pradesh
B. N. Singh
22. On Farm Production of Quality Inputs for Organic Production of Horticultural Crops
R. A. Ram
23. Organic Farming for Sustainable Production of Sugarcane
R. B. Khandagave
24. Prospects of Endophytic Association of Beauveria bassiana in Pest Management Under Organic Farming
Vibha Pandey and Rakesh Pandey
25. Earthworm: An Important Ingredient for Organic Farming
R. A. Singh
26. Issues and Challenges in Marketing of Organic Produce in India
S. R. Singh
27. Perspectives and Potentials of Organic Farming in Sugarcane Cultivation
Govind. P. Rao
28. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihood Security Under Changing Climatic Conditions
D. K. Singh, Shilpi Gupta, and Y. Sharma
29. Prospects of Organic Farming in Uttar Pradesh
H. G. Prakash, R. K. Pandey, and D. P. Singh
30. Bio-Organic Approach: Success Story of Organic Farming at Bafna Farms, Pune
Santosh B. Chavan and Prakash M. Bafna
31. Organic Farming of Leafy Vegetables for Mitigating Hunger
Rajiv
32. Organic Production of Basmati Rice
Ritesh Sharma, Vivek Yadav, and, Vijay Kumar Yadav
Biography
D. P. Singh, PhD, is Associate Professor/Sr. Scientist (Vegetable Seeds) at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur, U.P., India, as well as the Officer in Charge of the All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable Crops and Joint Director of Research. Dr. Singh has over 32 years of experience in teaching, research, and extension activities in seed production technology dissemination and rural extension programs and has developed technologies for vegetable crops. He has published research papers, books, book chapters, proceedings, technical training manuals, etc.
H. G. Prakash, PhD, is Joint Director of Research at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur U.P., India, where he contributed to the execution, monitoring, and impact assessment of R&D of research projects, developing 43 high-yielding cultivars and 105 agrotechniques. He was instrumental in organizing seminars, webinars, and advanced training programs for students and faculty across the country.
M. Swapna, PhD, is Principal Scientist in the Division of Crop Improvement at ICAR–Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research. She is working on sugarcane genetic improvement, making use of conventional as well as nonconventional tools and is part of a team that has developed improved sugarcane varieties for subtropical sugarcane growing areas. Dr. Swapna is Editorial Manager of the journal Sugar Tech and has also organized many national and international conferences.
S. Solomon, PhD, was Vice Chancellor at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur U.P., India, where he was given awards for his contribution to agricultural education and research. He was also Director of the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research. During his 36-year research career, he has published research papers, books, and technical reports. He is the President of the Society for Sugar Research and Promotion and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Sugar Tech.
