Resource Conserving Techniques in Crop Production
About this ebook
This book provides the most updated and comprehensive information on resource conserving techniques for improving crop productivity. The text is divided into 9 sections: (i) Concept and approaches, (ii) Cropping systems and diversification, (iii) Soil use and management, (iv) Improving nutrient use efficiency, (v) Water-saving techniques, (vi) Weed dynamics and herbicide use, (vii) Energy conservation and farm machinery, (viii) Modern tools and approaches, (ix) On-farm testing and evaluation. In each section, there are chapters on specific topics, contributed by eminent scientists, who made notable research contributions in their field of specialization. The chapters have been thoroughly edited and presented in an easily understandable manner.
About the author
A.R. Sharma
DR. A.R. SHARMA is Professor (Agronomy) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Born on 13 April 1960, he obtained B.Sc. Agri. (1981) with a first position from HPKVV, Palampur, M.Sc. (1983) with a first rank in his batch from PAU, Ludhiana; and Ph.D. (1988) from IIT, Kharagpur. Dr. Sharma served as Scientist (1987-96) at CRRI, Cuttack; Agronomist at PAU, Ludhiana (1996-98), Senior Scientist (1998-2001) at CSWCRTI, Dehradun; and Principal Scientist (2001-2009) at IARI, New Delhi. He has a large number of publications to his credit: (i) research papers (90), (ii) review papers/book chapters (32), popular articles (15), (iv) books/ manuals (15) and papers presented in seminars/symposia (30). He was awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Award (1989) of ICAR for best Ph.D. thesis, KRIBHCO Award for Outstanding Research (1991), Pran Vohra Award (1994-95) of ISCA, Best Worker Award (1995) of CRRI, Hooker Award (1997-98) of IARI, and Dhiru Morarji Memorial Awards of FAI (1990 1994, 2002). He was conferred the prestigious Fellowship of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi in 2004. His specialized areas of research are: nutrient management, weed management and conservation agriculture.
U.K. Behera
DR. U.K. BEHERA is Senior Scientist (Agronomy) at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He was born in village Binayakpur, Basudevpur, Balasore, Orissa and completed his school education (1979) from A.B. High School, Basudevpur, Orissa; B.Sc. Agri. (1987) from OUAT, Bhubaneswar, M.Sc. (1990) from GBPUAT, Pantnagar, and Ph.D. (1996) from OUAT, Bhubaneswar. He also obtained PG Diploma in Management (2003) and MBA (Human Resource Management) (2004) from IGNOU, New Delhi. He did post-doctoral research (2002-03) on farming systems modelling at the University of Reading, UK. Dr. Behera served as Scientist (1994-2001) at the IARI Regional Station, Indore and Senior Scientist (2002–till date) at IARI, New Delhi. He has attended 14 training courses relating to farming systems, water/watershed management, use of multi-media and design of experiments in agriculture. He has a good number of publications to his credit: (i) research papers (30), (ii) review papers/book chapters (4), popular articles (25), (iv) books/manuals (4) and papers presented in seminars/symposia (20). He was awarded FAI Silver Jubilee Award for Outstanding Doctoral research (1997), ICAR Team Research Award (2002), and IARI Hooker Award (2007). He availed INSA Fellowship under bilateral scientific exchange programme to visit UK. Dr. Behera has also visited USA and China to present research paper in World Congress. Dr. Behera has been associated with the release of 4 wheat varieties in central India. His specialized areas of research are: farming systems, water management and conservation agriculture.
