Secondary Agriculture

Introduction.- 1. Linkage between Primary and Secondary Agriculture: Role of High Value Field Crops in Increasing Farmers Income.- 2.Agro-techniques and Management of Aromatic Rice for Higher Income and Livelihood Security.- 3. New Innovations in Agriculture: A way Forward for Enhancing Agricultural Production and Productivity.- 4. Integrated Farming Systems for Doubling Farmers' Income.- 5. Integrated Farming Systems: Research, Extension and Scope in Punjab, India.- 6. Speciality Food Crops - An Alternate way for Increasing Farm Income.- 7. Prospects of Crop Residues in Secondary Agriculture.- 8. Marketing of Agricultural Produce - Problems and Prospects.- 9. Downsizing Risks While Increasing Productivity - A Must in Climate Change Scenario.- 10. Accelerated Composting of Organic Solid Waste Under Temperate Conditions.- 11. Sustainable Innovations to Improve Agricultural Productivity and Profitability.- 12. Post-Harvest Management and Value Addition of Food Crops.- 13. Role of Botanicals in Integrated Pest Management for Sustained Crop Production.- 14. 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.- Conclusion.

Dr. S. Sheraz Mahdi is currently working as an Assistant Professor-cum-Jr. Scientist (Agronomy) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir (J&K), India with specialization in crop-climate modeling, climate change and cereal crops production. Before this, he has served the Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar in the capacity of Assistant Professor, Agronomy for five years (2013-2017) and has been a member of natural resource management research advisory group of the University and state committee on climate change studies. He has worked on climatology of extreme weather events and their impact on rice-wheat cropping system in Bihar. Dr. Mahdi has also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Srinagar, Kashmir. He took his PhD (Agronomy) degree from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) and is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India. Dr. Mahdi has been also an independent researcher in the cold arid region of Kargil Ladkh (Jammu and Kashmir), India, and has guided 06 post-graduate and 05 under graduate students.  He has published more than 45 research papers, 12 books and some popular articles, covering some aspects of advanced agronomy in particular.


Dr. Fayaz Ahmed Bahar, Associate Professor cum Senior Scientist Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, SKUAST-Kashmir has done his B. Sc. Agri. & Ph D Agronomy from SKUAST-Kashmir and M. Sc. Agronomy from GBPUA&T, Pantanagar, Uttrakhand India. He has worked on different aspects of weed management of rice and maize during his M. Sc. and Ph. D. programmes. He has also worked as principal investigator in AICRP-Maize and AICRP-MULLaRP programmes, and has number of national and international publications besidesbook