Conservation Agriculture: A Sustainable Approach for Soil Health and Food Security
Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Agriculture
(Sprache: Englisch)
Feeding the increasing global population, which is projected to reach ~10 billion by 2050, there has been increasing demands for more improved/sustainable agricultural management practices that can be followed by farmers to improve productivity...
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Feeding the increasing global population, which is projected to reach ~10 billion by 2050, there has been increasing demands for more improved/sustainable agricultural management practices that can be followed by farmers to improve productivity without jeopardizing the environment and ecosystem. Indeed, about 95% of our food directly or indirectly comes from soil. It is a precious resource, and sustainable soil management is a critical socio-economic and environmental issue. Maintaining the environmental sustainability while the world is facing resource degradation, increasing climate change and population explosion is the current challenge of every food production sectors. Thus, there is an urgent need to evolve a holistic approach such as conservation agriculture to sustain higher crop productivity in the country without deteriorating soil health. Conservation Agriculture (CA), is a sustainable approach to manage agro-ecosystems in order to improve productivity, increase farm profitabilty and food security and also enhance the resource base and environment. Worldwide, it has been reported various benefits and prospects in adopting CA technologies in different agro-climatic conditions. Yet, CA in arid and semi-arid regions of India and parts of south Asia raises uncertainities due to its extreme climates, large scale residue burning, soil erosion and other constraints such as low water holding capacity, high potential evapotranspiration, etc . Thus, the proposed book has 30 chapters addressing all issues relevant to conservation agriculture/no-till farming system. The book also gives further strengthening existing knowledge in relation to soil physical, chemical and biological processes and health within close proximity of CA as well as machinery requirements. Moreover, the information on carbon (C) sequestration, C credits, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, mitigation of climate change effects and socio-economic view on
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CA under diverse ecologies namely rainfed, irrigated and hill eco-region is also deliberated. For large scale adoption of CA practices in South Asian region especially in India and other countries need dissemination of best-bet CA technologies for dominant soil types/cropping systems through participatory mode, strong linkages and institutional mechanism and public-private-policy support.
We hope this book gives a comprehensive and clear picture about conservation agriculture/no-till farming and its associated problem, challenges, prospects and benefits. This book shall be highly useful reference material to researchers, scientists, students, farmers and land managers for efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.
We hope this book gives a comprehensive and clear picture about conservation agriculture/no-till farming and its associated problem, challenges, prospects and benefits. This book shall be highly useful reference material to researchers, scientists, students, farmers and land managers for efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Conservation Agriculture: A Sustainable Approach for Soil Health and Food Security “
- Conservation Agriculture: Issues, Prospects, and Challenges in Rainfed Regions of India. - Strategic or Occasional Tillage: A Promising Option to Manage Limitations of no-Tillage Farming. - No-till Farming: Agronomic Intervention through Cover Cropping for Enhancing Crop Productivity. - Inbuilt Mechanisms for Managing Weeds in Conservation Agriculture Systems: A Revisit. - Conservation Agriculture in Cotton-Based System: Impact on Soil Properties. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture and Residue Management on Soil Properties, Crop Productivity Under Pulse-Based Cropping Systems in Central India. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Health and Crop Productivity under Irrigated Ecosystems. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties and Crop Productivity Under Rice-Fallow Ecology in Eastern India. - Exploring Conservation Agricultural Practices in Bundelkhand Region, Central India. - Conservation Agriculture in the North Eastern Himalayan Eco-Region of India. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture and Residue Management on Soil Properties Under Sugarcane-Based Cropping Systems. - Can Conservation Agriculture Deliver Its Benefits in Arid Soils?: An Overview. - Conservation Agriculture: Carbon Turnover and Carbon Sequestration for Enhancing Soil Sustainability and Mitigation of Climate Change. - Soil Carbon Sequestration Through Conservation Tillage and Residue Management. - Carbon Dynamics Under Conservation Agriculture. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Greenhouse Gas Emission and Its Implications. - Responses of Soil Carbon Storage, Compaction, and Biological Properties Under No-Till and Conventional-Till Systems. - Impact of Residue Burning on Soil Biological Properties. - Physical and Hydrological Processes in Soils Under Conservation Tillage in Europe.
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- Nutrient Management Strategies in the Climate Change Scenario. - Use of Herbicide and Its Implications Under No-Till Farming: An Overview. - Conservation Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration and Mitigation of Climate Change. - Implication of Different Tillage System on Root System Architecture and Their Environment. - Conserving Soil and Reverting Land Degradation Through Conservation Practices with Special Emphasis on Natural Resource Conservation. - Machinery for Conservation Agriculture: Indian Perspective. - Conservation Agriculture Improves Soil Health: Major Research Findings from Bangladesh. - Conservation Agriculture-Based Sustainable Intensification to Achieve Food, Water and Energy Security While Reducing Farmers' Environmental Footprint in the Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia. - Conservation Agriculture: Next-Generation, Climate Resilient Crop Management Practices for Food Security and Environmental Health. - Socioeconomic Challenges and Prospects in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Practices in India. - Conclusions: Perspectives on Conservation Agriculture.
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Autoren-Porträt
D r. S omasundaram J ayaraman has graduated from Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (1995) and post-graduation (1998) and Doctorate (2001) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Presently he is a Principal Scientist at Division of Soil Physics, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 2 decades of experience in research and training in the field of natural resource management/conservation agriculture on soil properties and carbon sequestration. He has developed conservation agricultural practices for enhancing soil health and crop productivity in Western and Central India. In addition, farmers in rainfed regions of Central India were also sensitized about soil health and developed low cost farmer-friendly tools for assessing soil health in a participatory mode through field demonstrations He has published more than 75 research papers of national and international repute. In addition, he has authored/edited 5 books and published more than 25 book chapters. Besides, he has mentored post-graduate students, PhD scholars, and young scientists.Dr. Jayaraman received Endeavour Research Fellow by Australian Government in 2015, Australian Awards Ambassador by Australian High Commission to India in 2018, the Scientist Award in 2018 and Leadership Award by SCSI, New Delhi in 2019.P rofessor R am C. D alal has graduated from the Punjab Agricultural University (1964) completed his Master and PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (1969). Presently he is a Professor /Adjunct Professor in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidalya, Pundibari, Coochbehar, India. During last five decades of research and teaching experience, he has contributed
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significantly to create awareness in the farming, scientific and general community to the seriousness and insidious nature of soil degradation. For the last 25 years, landscape restoration, soil organic matter management, carbon sequestration and nitrogen management, and site-specific management for soil and subsoil and other constraints and sustainable crop and pasture rotations and vegetation management have been the central research platforms across cropping, rangelands and forestry ecosystems. In addition, he is recipient of several awards and honours and also mentored more than 25 PhD Scholars in the span of 4 decades; published more than 400 publications with more than 17000 citations. Prof Dalal was made a member in the general division of the 'Order of Australia (AM)' in 2018 and also awarded 'Medal of Agriculture' by Ag Institute Australia in 2021 for outstanding service to science, and to farming through research and sustainable farming practices.
D r. A shok K. P atra has acquired B. Sc. (Agri.) from Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi), and M. Sc. and Ph. D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He is presently serving as Director of the ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal. During his scientific career, he has also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, and a Visiting Study Fellow at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), Devon, UK. He was a recipient of the prestigious INRA Fellowship of the French Re
D r. A shok K. P atra has acquired B. Sc. (Agri.) from Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi), and M. Sc. and Ph. D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He is presently serving as Director of the ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal. During his scientific career, he has also worked as a postdoctoral fellow at ICRISAT, Hyderabad, and a Visiting Study Fellow at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research (IGER), Devon, UK. He was a recipient of the prestigious INRA Fellowship of the French Re
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Bibliographische Angaben
- 2022, 1st ed. 2021, XV, 632 Seiten, 91 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Somasundaram Jayaraman, Ram C. Dalal, Ashok K. Patra, Suresh K. Chaudhari
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 9811608296
- ISBN-13: 9789811608292
Sprache:
Englisch
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