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Title Page, Contents and List of Contributors of the Book "Sustainable Agriculture in 21st Century"

             SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
                         IN 21 ST CENTURY







                                                                                                     Editors
                                                                                  DR. NAHEEN HAIDER ZAIDI
                                                                                MOHAMMAD MUQEET KHAN








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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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