Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security: Concepts and Approaches

Contents:  Preface. I. Sustainable agriculture and development: 1. Sustainable agriculture: concepts and approaches/Birendra Kumar and Rajbir Singh. II. Organic Agriculture: 2. Organic agriculture: an opportunity in waiting/Naleeni Ramawat and Shalini Singh Visen. 3. Role of organic farming in sustainable agriculture/Rashmi Nigam. 4. Pest and disease management in organic farming/Chandra Bhanu and Rajbir Singh. III. Conservation agriculture: 5. Conservation agriculture for sustainable development/Randhir singh and Randhir Singh Mehla. IV. Zero budget natural farming (ZBNF): 6. Zero budget agriculture/Adesh Kumar Chauhan. V. Biotechnology for sustainable agriculture: 7. Agricultural sustainability: biotechnological perspectives/Alla Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Vishal Singh and Yogesh Vikal. VI. Strategic crop improvement for sustainable agriculture: 8. Agro-biodiversity in India: status and concerns/N. Sivaraj, N. Sunil Ramesh Kumar and M. Tirupathi Reddy. …VII. Sustainable livestock development. VIII. Extension approaches for sustainable agriculture. 

The book on the contemporary theme of sustainable agriculture and food security deals with the significant concept of sustainable agriculture from multiple perspectives. It elaborate at length the principle and practices of organic agriculture, biotechnology strategic breeding conservation agriculture, livestock production, integrated pest management biodiversity and social science perspective on sustainability of agriculture to discuss important concepts and approaches.