Functional agrobiodiversity : the key to sustainability? -- Organic agriculture : driving innovations in crop research -- Guar : an industrial crop from marginal farms -- Nitrogen use as a component of sustainable crop systems -- Potential of management practices and amendments for preventing nutrient deficiencies in field crops under organic cropping systems -- Effective management of scarce water resources in north-west India -- Modeling for agricultural sustainability : a review -- Biotechnological approaches for increasing productivity and sustainability of rice production -- Biofortification of staple crops -- Nutrient-focused processing of rice -- Virus resistance breeding in cool season food legumes : integrating traditional and molecular approaches -- Talking agricultural sustainability issues : an interview with Dr. Gurdev Khush -- Economics and politics of farm subsidies in India -- Public-private partnership and policy reforms for effective agricultural research, development, and training : a viewpoint -- Contract-farming for production and procurement of mint : lessons from personal experience.
Summary:
Collaboratively written by top international experts and established scientists in various fields of agricultural research, this book focuses on the state of food production and sustainability; the problems with degradation of valuable sources of land, water, and air and their effects on food crops; the increasing demand of food resources; and the challenges of food security worldwide. The book provides cutting edge scientific tools and methods of research as well as solid background information that is accessible for those who have a strong interest in agricultural research and development and want to learn more on the challenges facing the global agricultural production systems. It provides cutting edge scientific tools and available technologies for research. It addresses the effects of climate change and the population explosion on food supply and offers solutions to combat them. It is written by a range of experts covering a broad range of agriculture-related disciplines.
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