Sustainable Agriculture: A Search for Innovations

Contents: Preface. 1. Agricultural and sustainable development models/Ganesh Prasad Pokhariyal. 2. Adoption and large scale plantation of populus deltoids under agroforestry in Vaishali District of Bihar/Aditya Kumar, Rameshwar Das and B.K. Mishra. 3. Association between knowledge levels of respondents about coriander production technology/D.K. Meena, L.S. Bareth and B.S. Badhala. 4. A model to identify more flowering, adaptive and sensitive plants to temperature rising in tropics/Debabrata Das. 5. Eco-friendly management of wilt of Lentil/Ankita Garkoti and H.S. Tripathi. 6. Role of livestock in sustainable agriculture production and environmental protection/Anshu Rahal and Ashoka Kumar. 7. Information management behaviour of horticulture farmers of Raichur District of Karnataka/Aparna Radhakrishnan and S.K. Meti.  8. Determinants of farmers knowledge level about scientific practices of tomato cultivation/Arvind Kumar and Parshant Ramotra. 9. Lac cultivation and rural livelihood improvement through community mobilization/Arvind Kumar, Shiwani Bhatnagar and Rameshwar Das. 10. Importance of floral essential oils for mankind/Babita Singh, Ramesh Kumar and Puja Rai…..

Sustainable agriculture development is not only necessary but also an imperative of our times. Agriculture cannot and should not be less than being sustainable. Sustainable agriculture means a vibrant, happy, progressive and sustainable society. India has a vast experience of creating innovations in agriculture. Sustainability, in fact, cannot be realized without articulation of innovations. Innovations are crux of sustainability. This book collates selected articles of scholars reflecting, searching, discovering, inventing and articulating innovations in food production and agricultural systems. The articles attempt to conceive ideas and insight of sustainable agriculture, involving cropping, livestock and livelihood systems. The scholars attempt to raise and resolve various issues concerning agricultural sustainability, underline farmers’ knowledge, experimentation, innovations and strategies, and also reveal various technologies and institutional interventions vital for articulating innovations and operationalizing sustainability in agriculture.