Conservation Agriculture in India: A Paradigm Shift for Sustainable Production
About this ebook
While conservation agriculture is proposed as an important means to combat climate change, improve crop productivity and food affordability, and to protect the environment, the adoption of conservation agriculture in India, and south-east Asia more broadly, has been slow. This volume reflects on the current status of conservation agriculture in India, asking why adoption has been slow and putting forward strategies to improve its uptake. The chapters cover the various aspects of crop management such as soil, water, nutrients, weeds, crop residues, machinery, and energy, in a range of environments, including irrigated and rainfed regions. The impact of climate change and the economic considerations behind the adoption of conservation agriculture are also discussed. The volume concludes by discussing the future outlook for conservation agriculture in India, in particular drawing out parallels with other tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of conservation agriculture, sustainable agriculture, crop and soil management, and environmental and natural resource management.
About the author
A.R. Sharma is Director of Research at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Previously, he served as Director, ICAR–Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur (2012–17); and Professor and Head at the Division of Agronomy, ICAR–Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa, New Delhi (2009–2012). He possesses an unparalleled record of academic achievements throughout, and has made outstanding contributions in the field of natural resource management over the last 35 years of his professional career including nutrient and weed management, and conservation agriculture.
