Conservation Agriculture in India
eBook - ePub

Conservation Agriculture in India

A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production

  1. 346 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Conservation Agriculture in India

A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Contributors
  8. Foreword I
  9. Foreword II
  10. Preface
  11. List of Abbreviations
  12. Part I Conservation Agriculture: Global Scenario and Status in India
  13. Part II Management Options for Higher Resource Use Efficiency
  14. Part III Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  15. Part IV Economics, Adoption, and Future of Conservation Agriculture
  16. Index