Conservation Agriculture : The New Paradigm

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Theme I. Conservation agriculture global experience. Theme II. Conservation agriculture as route to rural development. Theme III. Conservation agriculture policy and institutional changes. Theme IV. Priorities and programmes of conservation agriculture. Theme V. Conservation agriculture in various farming systems. Theme VI. Conservation agriculture technology needs and issues. Theme VII. Strategies of conservation agriculture. Theme VIII. R and D priorities for conservation agriculture. Index. The concepts associated with Conservation Agriculture CA are practiced by numerous farmers throughout the globe. This book is an attempt to include information on CA-based resource conserving practices on factors such as pest, weed, and disease dynamics, the effects of crop rotations and green manure cover crops, residue management and threshold levels of residue cover, soil nutrient dynamics and nutrient management , water management, soil structure dynamics, impacts on greenhouse gas emissions, adaptive research/policy issues, impacts on household livelihoods, local/regional economies, food security, farming system approach and varieties adapted to CA systems in the form of a compilation of chapters on conservation agriculture invited from agriculture scientists and researchers from various ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities. (jacket)