Innovative Approaches for Sustainable Development

This book provides recent understanding about the sustainable development in agriculture. It includes information regarding new approaches for sustainable development in agriculture, horticulture and fisheries. It examines the effect of climate change and provides information on climate smart practices. In addition, some important aspects like quality seed production, role of bioinoculants, on-farm water harvesting, non-thermal processing of food, importance of water use in organic agriculture have also been discussed. It also presents in detail plant disease aspect and their management strategies.

This book aims to provide an overall understanding of all aspects related to the study of environment resources, its protection for sustainable development. To meet the growing food demand of the over nine billion people who will exist by 2050 and the expected dietary changes, agriculture will need to produce 60 percent more food globally in the same period. The goal of sustainable agriculture is to meet society's food and textile needs in the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Practitioners of sustainable agriculture seek to integrate three main objectives into their work: a healthy environment, economic profitability, and social and economic equity. Every person involved in the food system growers, food processors, distributors, retailers, consumers, and waste managers can play a role in ensuring a sustainable agricultural system.

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S. Sheraz Mahdi is currently working as an Assistant Professor-cum-Jr. Scientist (Agronomy) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir (J&K), India with specialization in crop-climate modeling, climate change and cereal crops production. Before this, he has served the Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar in the capacity of Assistant Professor, Agronomy for five years (2013-2017) and has been a member of natural resource management research advisory group of the University and state committee on climate change studies. He has worked on climatology of extreme weather events and their impact on rice-wheat cropping system in Bihar. Dr. Mahdi has also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Srinagar, Kashmir. He took his PhD (Agronomy) degree from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) and is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India. Dr. Mahdi has been also an independent researcher in the cold arid region of Kargil Ladkh (Jammu and Kashmir), India, and has guided 06 post-graduate and 05 under graduate students. He has published more than 45 research papers, 12 books and some popular articles, covering some aspects of advanced agronomy in particular. Rajbir Singh, Ph.D.

Dr Singh is presently working as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Plant Pathology, Gochar Mahavidyalaya, Rampur Maniharan, Saharanpur, India with specialization in biological control of plant diseases. Before this, he has served as Research Associate in the Dept. of Microbiology, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, Division of Plant Quarantine, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi, India and Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India. Dr. Singh has been awarded with Best Teacher Award and has several best paper awards and other recognitions. He has several externally funded projects and has published more 50 research papers, book chapters and 4 books. In addition, He is also member in advisory Board in several national and International Journals and magazines.

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1 The Economics of Climate Change in Agriculture

2 Probabilistic Analysis of Dry and Wet Pattern of Rainfall

3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Mitigation Options: An Approach Towards Climate Smart Agriculture

4 New Paradigm for Higher Crop Productivity Through Climate Smart Strategies

5 Role of Bio-fertilizers towards Sustainable Agricultural Development

6 On-Farm Water Harvesting: Promising Intervention towards Crop Diversification and Doubling Farmers Income in Drought Prone Central Province of India

7 Non-thermal Processing of Food: An Alternative for Traditional Food Processing

8 Enhancement of Shelf Life of Food using active Packaging

9 Importance of Water Use in Sustainable Organic Agriculture

10 Nutrient Adequacy, Dietary Diversification, Food Processing Practices to Ensure Household Food Security among Rural Women.

11 Sustainability Science Perspective in Integrated and Sustainable Agriculture Development: With acase from Indonesia

12 Horticulture: A key for Sustainable development

13 Nanotechnology for SustainableHorticulture Development: Opportunities and Challenges

14 Sustainable Resource Utilization in Aquaculture: Issues and Practices

15 Introduction of BT Cotton hybrids and Cotton Leaf Curl Virus Disease in Punjab, India

16 Management of Plant Diseases through Application of Biocontrol Agents in Climate Smart Agriculture- Review

17 Role of Modern Agro-Ecosystems in the Origin of New Plant Pathogens

18 Microbial Stewardship- The Integral Component of Sustainable Development

19 Clubmosses (HuperziaBernh.) of North East India: Genetic resources, Utilization and Sustainability