Conservation agriculture : a sustainable approach for soil health and food security : conservation agriculture for sustainable agriculture
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Conservation agriculture : a sustainable approach for soil health and food security : conservation agriculture for sustainable agriculture
Springer, c2021
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Other editors: Ram C. Dalal, Ashok K. Patra, Suresh K. Chaudhari
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Feeding the increasing global population, which is projected to reach ~10 billion by 2050, there has been increasing demands for more improved/sustainable agricultural management practices that can be followed by farmers to improve productivity without jeopardizing the environment and ecosystem. Indeed, about 95% of our food directly or indirectly comes from soil. It is a precious resource, and sustainable soil management is a critical socio-economic and environmental issue. Maintaining the environmental sustainability while the world is facing resource degradation, increasing climate change and population explosion is the current challenge of every food production sectors. Thus, there is an urgent need to evolve a holistic approach such as conservation agriculture to sustain higher crop productivity in the country without deteriorating soil health. Conservation Agriculture (CA), is a sustainable approach to manage agro-ecosystems in order to improve productivity, increase farm profitabilty and food security and also enhance the resource base and environment. Worldwide, it has been reported various benefits and prospects in adopting CA technologies in different agro-climatic conditions. Yet, CA in arid and semi-arid regions of India and parts of south Asia raises uncertainities due to its extreme climates, large scale residue burning, soil erosion and other constraints such as low water holding capacity, high potential evapotranspiration, etc . Thus, the proposed book has 30 chapters addressing all issues relevant to conservation agriculture/no-till farming system. The book also gives further strengthening existing knowledge in relation to soil physical, chemical and biological processes and health within close proximity of CA as well as machinery requirements. Moreover, the information on carbon (C) sequestration, C credits, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, mitigation of climate change effects and socio-economic view on CA under diverse ecologies namely rainfed, irrigated and hill eco-region is also deliberated. For large scale adoption of CA practices in South Asian region especially in India and other countries need dissemination of best-bet CA technologies for dominant soil types/cropping systems through participatory mode, strong linkages and institutional mechanism and public-private-policy support.
We hope this book gives a comprehensive and clear picture about conservation agriculture/no-till farming and its associated problem, challenges, prospects and benefits. This book shall be highly useful reference material to researchers, scientists, students, farmers and land managers for efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.
目次
- Conservation Agriculture: Issues, Prospects, and Challenges in Rainfed Regions of India. - Strategic or Occasional Tillage: A Promising Option to Manage Limitations of no-Tillage Farming. - No-till Farming: Agronomic Intervention through Cover Cropping for Enhancing Crop Productivity. - Inbuilt Mechanisms for Managing Weeds in Conservation Agriculture Systems: A Revisit. - Conservation Agriculture in Cotton-Based System: Impact on Soil Properties. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture and Residue Management on Soil Properties, Crop Productivity Under Pulse-Based Cropping Systems in Central India. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Health and Crop Productivity under Irrigated Ecosystems. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Soil Properties and Crop Productivity Under Rice-Fallow Ecology in Eastern India. - Exploring Conservation Agricultural Practices in Bundelkhand Region, Central India. - Conservation Agriculture in the North Eastern Himalayan Eco-Region of India. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture and Residue Management on Soil Properties Under Sugarcane-Based Cropping Systems. - Can Conservation Agriculture Deliver Its Benefits in Arid Soils?: An Overview. - Conservation Agriculture: Carbon Turnover and Carbon Sequestration for Enhancing Soil Sustainability and Mitigation of Climate Change. - Soil Carbon Sequestration Through Conservation Tillage and Residue Management. - Carbon Dynamics Under Conservation Agriculture. - Impact of Conservation Agriculture on Greenhouse Gas Emission and Its Implications. - Responses of Soil Carbon Storage, Compaction, and Biological Properties Under No-Till and Conventional-Till Systems. - Impact of Residue Burning on Soil Biological Properties. - Physical and Hydrological Processes in Soils Under Conservation Tillage in Europe. - Nutrient Management Strategies in the Climate Change Scenario. - Use of Herbicide and Its Implications Under No-Till Farming: An Overview. - Conservation Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration and Mitigation of Climate Change. - Implication of Different Tillage System on Root System Architecture and Their Environment. - Conserving Soil and Reverting Land Degradation Through Conservation Practices with Special Emphasis on Natural Resource Conservation. - Machinery for Conservation Agriculture: Indian Perspective. - Conservation Agriculture Improves Soil Health: Major Research Findings from Bangladesh. - 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. - Conservation Agriculture: Next-Generation, Climate Resilient Crop Management Practices for Food Security and Environmental Health. - Socioeconomic Challenges and Prospects in the Adoption of Conservation Agriculture Practices in India. - Conclusions: Perspectives on Conservation Agriculture.
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