Reorienting Indian Agriculture
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Reorienting Indian Agriculture

Challenges and Opportunities

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Reorienting Indian Agriculture

Challenges and Opportunities

About this book

Despite multiple revolutions, daunting challenges face agriculture. How can it address poverty and hunger, including malnutrition? How much is it responsible for degradation of natural resources (soil, water, agrobiodiversity) and climate change? How can agricultural diversification, and secondary and speciality agriculture help in improving productivity, sustainability and farmer income? Can integrated natural resource management (including conservation agriculture, innovative extension, agricultural education and an enabling policy environment) help achieve resilience and faster agricultural growth? This book sketches a journey from green to an evergreen revolution through reorientation of Indian agriculture to address emerging challenges. It covers global agriculture, genetic resource management, crop breeding (including biotechnology), seed production technology, agronomy, innovative extension, motivation of youth (including women), climate change and policy reforms for improving farmers' income. It provides insight into: - India's agricultural scenario, and the strength of agricultural research for development. - Better ways of managing natural resources for sustainable farming systems. - Climate-smart, diversified and resilient agriculture for improved productivity and income. - The need to reorient research, development and related policies concerned with agricultural research and innovation for development (ARI4D) to harness new opportunitiesThis book is for researchers, students and policymakers interested in agricultural policy, increased food production, rural development and natural resource management, especially: general agriculture, genetic resources, crop breeding, seed development, agricultural biotechnology, agronomy, international agriculture, climate change and sustainable agriculture.

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Table of contents

  1. Reorienting Indian Agriculture
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  7. 1 The Indian Agricultural Scenario
  8. 2 Agriculture for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
  9. 3 Fifty Years of the Green Revolution and Beyond
  10. 4 Intensive Efforts for Food and Nutrition Security
  11. 5 The White Revolution and Livestock Production
  12. 6 Aquaculture Development and the Blue Revolution
  13. 7 Increasing Productivity Growth Rate in Agriculture
  14. 8 Reorienting Agricultural Research for Development for Sustainable Agriculture
  15. 9 Strategies for Scaling Innovations for Impact on Smallholder Farmers
  16. 10 Enhancing Productivity of Foodgrains
  17. 11 Horticulture for Food and Nutrition Security
  18. 12 Strategies for Enhancing Oilseed Production
  19. 13 Accelerating Forage Crop Production
  20. 14 Agricultural Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional Security
  21. 15 The International Treaty – Current Concerns
  22. 16 Agrobiodiversity: Dynamic Change Management
  23. 17 Managing Agrobiodiversity through Use: Changing Paradigms
  24. 18 The Growth of the Indian Seed Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
  25. 19 Revitalizing the Indian Seed Sector
  26. 20 Managing and Improving Soil Health
  27. 21 Increasing Water-use Efficiency
  28. 22 Agroforestry in India: The Way Forward
  29. 23 The Impact of Global Climate Change on Agricultural Growth
  30. 24 Towards Climate-smart Agriculture
  31. 25 Linking Research with Extension for Accelerated Agricultural Growth
  32. 26 Empowering Farmers through Innovative Extension Systems
  33. 27 Women’s Empowerment for Agricultural Development
  34. 28 Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture
  35. 29 Revitalizing the Indian Agricultural Education System
  36. 30 A Strategy for Doubling Farmers’ Income
  37. 31 Future Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture
  38. 32 Change We Must – But Change is Difficult
  39. Index