Sustainable Hill Agriculture
Contents: I. Natural Resource Management: 1. Natural resource management in North Eastern Hill Region of India: Status, problems and prospects/S.K. Singh, S.V. Ngachan, N. Prakash and S.B. Singh. 2. Scope of mechanization for sustainable hill agriculture/A.K. Singh and S.K. Tandon. 3. Soil fertility improvement through use of organic manures in North Eastern Hill Region/A.K. Singh and N.P. Singh. 4. Agro-forestry for sustainable hill agriculture in the Indian Himalayas/S.K. Dhyani. 5. Agro-biodiversity of Sikkim and its conservation/H. Rahman, Kundan Kishore, R.K. Avasthe and R. Karuppaiyan. 6. Soil health for sustainable production/Patiram. 7. Improvement of shifting cultivation for sustainability in North Eastern Region/Patiram. 8. Organic farming in North Eastern Hill Region of India: potential and future/H. Rahman and R. Karuppaiyan. 9. Agro-pastoral based farming system for production enhancement/A.S. Panwar, S.V. Ngachan and K.K. Satapathy. 10. Sustainable agricultural development in Manipur: problems and prospects/N. Prakash, S.B. Singh and I.M. Singh. 11. Technologies for development of sustainable agriculture in hilly regions of Jammu and Kashmir/A.R. Trag, Mushtaq A. Wani, Shafiq A. Wani and F.A. Mattoo. II. Crop Production and Improvement: 1. Rice production constraints and strategies for sustainable rice production in NEH Region of India/B.C. Viraktamath, N. Shobha Rani, V.P. Bhadana and Brajendra. 2. Expansion of groundnut cultivation in rainfed farming system of North Eastern Hill Region/N.P. Singh and A.K. Singh. 3. Potato-an important crop in the sustainable agriculture and food security of the North Eastern Region/S. Ramani and A.K. Srivastava. 4. Seed production and storage for North Eastern Hill Region/I. Meghachandra Singh, S.V. Ngachan, N. Prakash, S.S. Roy and P.K. Sharma. III. Horticulture: 1. Genetic diversity of Orchids in North Eastern India/R.P. Medhi and T. Usha Bharathi. 2. Orchids -- post harvest handling and value addition/T. Usha Bharathi, N. Buragohain, D. Barman and R.P. Medhi. 3. Shirui Lily -- the heritage flower of Manipur/S.S. Roy, N. Prakash, P.K. Sharma, I.M. Singh and S.V. Ngachan. 4. Prospects of protected cultivation of high value flowers for better livelihood of small and marginal hill farmers/Rajiv Kumar, Bidyut C. Deka and A.R. Roy. 5. Underutilized fruits of North Eastern Region of India -- an unexplored potential/R.K. Patel, Akath Singh, R.S. Patel, Bidyut C. Deka and S.V. Ngachan. 6. High value fruits for economic and nutritional security in hilly areas of Northeast/Akath Singh, R.K. Patel, Bidyut C. Deka and R.S. Patel. 7. Status of fruit and plantation sector in Manipur - an overview/S.S. Roy, P.K. Sharma, N. Prakash, V.P. Bhadana and S.V. Ngachan. 8. Cultivation of Shiitake - a medicinal mushroom/P.K. Sharma, S.S. Roy, N. Prakash, I.M. Singh and S.V. Ngachan. IV. Plant Protection: 1. Integrated management of major insect pests of crops for sustainable hill agriculture/N.S. Azad Thakur, Kanchan Saikia and D. Kumar. 2. Economically important insect pests of agricultural and horticulatural crops and their management in Mizoram/T. Boopathi and K.A. Pathak. 3. Fungal diseases of major crops in Manipur/P.K. Sharma, N. Prakash, S.S. Roy, V.P. Bhadana and S.V. Ngachan. 4. Beekeeping as component of agriculture, horticulture and forestry in the North Eastern Hill Region/M.P. Singh. V. Animal and Fishery Science: 1. Prospects of hill aquaculture development in India/S. Ayyappan and P.C. Mahanta. 2. Sustainable agriculture through paddy-cum-fish culture in North Eastern India/B.K. Bahera, N. Prakash, Pronob Das and S.V. Ngachan. 3. Gastrointestinal parasitic diseases of animals -- a constraint for development of hill agriculture/R. Laha. 4. Present status and strategies for improvement of yak husbandry in North Eastern Region/Mohan Bhattacharya. 5. Pig production system in North Eastern Region of India and strategies for its improvement/R.K. Bardoloi. 6. Epidemiology of zoonotic diseases transmitted through pigs/Ashok Kumar, R.K. Das and I. Shakuntala. 7. Rural poultry production for NEH Region/M. Niranjan, S.V. Rama Rao and R.P. Sharma. 8. Strategy for the sustainable rural poultry production in hill agriculture/S. Malik and N.P. Singh. VI. Social Science: 1. Strengthening research-extension linkages for effective delivery of agricultural technologies/Ram Chand. 2. Emerging challenges and strategies for management of change in agricultural research for sustainable development/R.K. Samanta. 3. Issues pertaining to Indian agriculture in relation to post WTO regime/Vinod Gupta, P.K. Rai, L.K. Sharma and Rakesh Nanda. 4. Information management system and dissemination center for promotion of micro-enterprise of sustainable hill agriculture-a model/Vinod Gupta, P.K. Rai and Neelima Gupta. 5. Problems and prospects of hill rice in North Eastern hill region/B.C. Bhowmick and A. Roy. Author Index.
"The book deals with various aspects of hill agriculture such as present agricultural scenario, natural resource management, mechanization of hill agriculture, organic farming, agro-forestry, conservation of rich agro-biodiversity, technologies for development of sustainable agriculture in hilly regions, improvement of shifting cultivation, sustainable production of rice, groundnut and potato, seed production and storage techniques, genetic diversity and post harvest handling of orchids, protected cultivation of high value flowers, underutilized fruits, high value fruits for economic and nutritional security, cultivation of shiitake mushroom, IPM for sustainable hill agriculture, bee keeping, insect pests and their management in agricultural and horticultural crops, prospects of hill aquaculture, paddy cum fish culture, parasitic diseases of animals, yak husbandry, pig production, rural poultry production, strengthening of research extension linkages for effective delivery of agricultural technologies, emerging challenges and strategies and management of change in agricultural research for sustainable development, issues pertaining to Indian agriculture in relation to post - WTO regime etc.
The book has been divided in to six theme areas viz. Natural Resource Management, Crop Production and Improvement, Horticulture, Plant Protection, Animal and Fishery Science and Social Science, comprising forty chapters. The information given in each chapter has been supported with latest data.
The book throws light on sustainability of hill agriculture in a holistic manner and will prove be very informative and useful for all the concerned researchers, scientific community, institutions, teachers, students, extension functionaries and NGOs across the country." (jacket)
