SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
IN 21 ST CENTURY
Editors
DR. NAHEEN HAIDER ZAIDI
MOHAMMAD MUQEET KHAN
REGAL
PUBLICATIONS
New Delhi
Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xi
List of Contributors xix
1. Indian Agriculture and Food Security in
the Era of
Globalization 1
S. Vijay Kumar
2. Food Security in India : Emerging
Challenges and
Task-Ahead 15
K.C. Mishra and R.C. Mishra
3. Food Security : A Neglected Child? 25
P.K. Sujathan
4. Cropping Pattern Inventory and Yield
Estimation
Using Remote Sensing 36
Renu Singh
5. Contract Farming in Indian Perspective :
A Necessity for Sustainable Rural
Development 49
Krishna Murari and Pooja Kumari
6. Economics of Precision Farming:
A New Agricultural Strategy 60
Rema R.
7. Sustaining Income through Rice Varietal
Diversification in Agriculture : A
Micro-Economic
Evidence of Pusa Rice Hybrid 10 Cultivation
in
Uttarakhand 67
H.N. Singh, J. Kumar, J. Singh, U.S. Singh,
and S. Mohanty
8. Spatial Pattern of Agricultural
Development in
Aligarh District of Western Uttar
Pradesh 83
Kazma Khan
9. Organic Farming of Basmati
Rice-Wheat-Green
Gram Cropping System in Indo-Gangetic
Plains 93
Y.V. Singh
10. Agriculture in the Rural Areas of Delhi
:
An Analysis 115
G. L. Sharma, P. Balamurugan and Sandeep
Kumar
11. Problem Soils and their Management 134
Debashish Sen and Amitava Rakshit
12. Agro-Forestry : A Sustainable Land-use
System
for Climate Change Adaptation, Rural
Livelihood
and Food Security 174
Alok Kumar Patra
13. Monitoring Land Use Category and Land
Cover
Change Over Time through Application of RS
and GIS : A Case Study of Salt Lake Planned
Town, West Bengal 191
Mahua Bardhan
14. Microbe Rich Compost:
An Organic Additive for Soil Health 204
Sunita Gaind and Y.V. Singh
15. Sustainable Livelihood Opportunities in
Rural
West Bengal : A Case Study of Hoogly
District 213
Atanu Sengupta and Anirban Hazra
16. Integrated Nutrient Management :
Current Issues and Future Challenges 239
Amitava Rakshit
17. Safe Drinking Water for Rural
India 250
Anil Kumar Biswas
18. Rural Waste Management :
A Need for Sustainable Rural
Environment 263
K. Baby and Rema R.
Index 272
List of Contributors
Baby, K.,
Associate Professor Economics, Government College,Chittur (Kerala).
Balamurugan, P.,
Research Associate, Lal Bahadur Shastri Research Centre for Public Policy and
Social Change (LBSRC), 1, Motilal Nehru Place, New Delhi.
Bardhan, Mahua,
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Netaji Satabarshiki
Mahavidyalaya, P.O. Haripur, P.S. Ashoknagar, North 24 Parganas (W.B.).
Biswas, Anil
Kumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, A.B.N. Seal
College, Cooch Behar (W.B.). Gaind, Sunita, Microbiology Division, Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Hazra, Anirban,
Research Scholar, Department of Economics, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan
(W.B.). Khan, Kazma, Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Geography, Aligarh
Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.).
Kumar, J., Govind
Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar
(Uttarakhand).
Kumar, S. Vijay, Associate Professor & HOD Economics
(Retd.), H.No. 2-4-1255/2, Gandhi Nagar, Hanamkonda, Warangal District (A.P.).
Kumar, Sandeep,
Consultant, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi.
Kumari, Pooja,
Faculty, MITS University, Laxmangarh, Sikar (Rajasthan).
Mishra, K.C.,
Lecturer in Economics, M.P.C.J. Govt. College, Baripada (Odisha).
Mishra, R.C.,
Reader in Economics, K.K.S. Women’s College, Balasore (Odisha).
Mohanty, S.,
International Rice Research Institute DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, (The
Philippines).
Murari, Krishna,
Assistant Professor, MITS University, Laxmangarh, Sikar (Rajasthan).
Patra, Alok
Kumar, Associate Professor (Agronomy), All India Coordinated Research Project
on Integrated Farming System, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar
(Odisha).
R. Rema, Academic
Associate Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Rakshit, Amitava,
Soil Chemistry Lab Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry,
Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.).
Sen, Debashish,
Department of NRM, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural
University, Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh).
Sengupta, Atanu,
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, The University of Burdwan,
Burdwan (W.B.).
Singh, H.N.,
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar
(Uttarakhand).
Singh, J., Govind
Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pant Nagar
(Uttarakhand).
Singh, Renu,
Centre for Environment Science and Climate Resilient Agriculture, Indian
Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Singh, U.S.,
International Rice Research Institute DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, (The
Philippines).
Singh, Y.V.,
Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Blue Green Algae, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute, New Delhi.
Sharma, G.L.,
Head-Administration, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), Plot
No. 11/7, Sector 11, Near Metro Station, Dwarka, New Delhi.
Sujathan, P.K.,
Research Officer, District Planning Office, Civil Station, Palakkad (Kerala
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