This book documents information on adaptive agro-management approaches ensuring environmental sustainability. It covers recent sustainable agro-techniques of farming used in developed, developing and under-developed countries such as carbon neutral farming, organic agriculture, use of slow-release fertilizers, nano-agriculture, crop residue management, biochar, vermicompost, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, advanced water used technologies, microbial fertilizers, and ecological farming.
Features:
- Provides detailed contextual information on sustainable agriculture.
- Discusses adaptation of major agricultural crops against recent global climate change scenario.
- Reviews scientific advances in nano-agrotechnology.
- Covers various alternatives of synthetic fertilizers, their mode of action, and their efficiency and preparation methodology.
- Includes pertinent case studies.
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in environmental science, agriculture engineering and ecological engineering, and sustainable agriculture.