Handbook of Conservation Agriculture [Two-Volume set]

Summary

Agriculture is the backbone of economy in most countries and has a special role in the food chain. Agriculture is restricted by climate change and affects several factor of crop production, such as water availability and quality, climate, soil productivity and management, degree of farm mechanization, crop variety and fertilizers. This handbook is designed to provide a discussion of climate change, soil management, crop production, deficit irrigation and different methods for sustainable agriculture. The adoption of conservation agriculture has resulted in savings of energy, rise in soil organic matter content and biotic activity, less erosion, increased crop-water availability and thus resilience to drought, improved recharge of aquifers and reduced impact of the variability in weather associated with climate change. The book deals with the effect of climate change on agriculture and mitigation strategies. It focuses on conservation agriculture as an effective strategy for sustainable agriculture for improving soil biodiversity and food security which can be utilized for dealing these issues. It describes the application of plastics in postharvest management of crops, weed control for conservation agriculture, In-situ soil moisture conservation, hill agriculture; high altitude protected technology, applications of remote sensing and GIS for land and water management, flash floods cause and remedial measures for their control in hilly regions. The contents highlighted climate change and variability in environment which have impact on forest, infiltration of major soils, point injection nitrogen application under rice residue wheat for resource conservation. It deals with the influence of the global warming on the water resources of Indus Basin, the harmful outcomes that pose threat to the population as a whole such as floods and droughts. It is also highlighted solar energy based greenhouse modeling along with status and prospect of precision farming.

• Conservation agriculture designed for optimizing crop yields and food security.
• Illustrates potential benefits and limitation of conservation agriculture
• Explores potential options to increase system efficiency resulting for improving water productivity.
• Illustrates precision farming for climate resilient technologies
• Use real- world examples to present practical insights of conservation agriculturefor climate change mitigation.
• Illustrates application of plastics in agriculture, protected technology for multiple crop production.

Spatial distribution of a daily, monthly and annual precipitation concentration index, Use of mid-infrared diffuse reflectance to assess the effects of soil management on soil quality in tropical hill slope agro ecosystems, Climate change and production of horticultural crops, Climate change and production of horticultural crops, Solar thermal modelling of microclimatic parameters of Agriculture Green House, Development of agriculture under climate and environmental changes in the Brazilian semi-arid, Role of PGPR in Sustainable Agriculture under Changing, Status and Prospect of Precision Farming in India, Low Cost on-Farm Indigenous and Innovative Technologies of Rainwater Harvesting, Impact of Climate Change on Food Safety, Microbial assisted soil reclamation for sustainable agriculture in climate change, Production of temperate fruits in Jammu & Kashmir state under climate change scenario, Impact of climate change on quality seed reduction of important temperate vegetable crops, Climate change, its impact and mitigation strategies with reference to vegetable crops, Remote sensing and GIS: a tool of precision agriculture, Farm machinery for conservation agriculture, Application of plastics in postharvest management of crops, Potassium solubilizing microorganisms for sustainable agriculture, Weed control for conservation agriculture in climate change scenario, In-situ soil moisture conservation with organic mulching under mid hills of Meghalaya, India, High altitude protected vegetable cultivation, Weed control for conservation agriculture in climate change scenario, High altitude protected vegetable cultivation, Role of crop modeling in mitigating effects of climate change on crop production, High altitude protected vegetable cultivation, Agroforestry role in sustainable management of degraded watersheds, Infiltration studies of major soils under selected land use practices in ranikhola watershed of sikkim, india, Towards conservation agriculture for improving soil biodiversity, Role of crop modeling in mitigating effects of climate change on crop production, The importance of water in relation to plant growth, Towards conservation agriculture for improving soil biodiversity, High pressure processing of sea foods, Irrigation scheduling under deficit irrigation, Water resources scenario of Indian Himalayan region, Index

Dr. Rohitashw Kumar (B.E., M.E., Ph. D.) is Professor in College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, She-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He is also Professor Water Chair (Sheikkul Alam Shiekh Nuruddin Water Chair), Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India, at National Institute of Technology, Srinagar (J&K). He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the Water Resources Engineering from NIT, Hamirpur and Master of Engineering Degree in Irrigation Water Management Engineering from MPUAT, Udaipur. He got Special Research award in 2017 and Student Incentive Award-2015 (Ph.D. Research) from Soil Conservation Society of India, New Delhi. He has also got the first prize in India for best M. Tech thesis in Agricultural Engineering in year 2001. He graduated from Maharana Pratap University of Agricultural and Technology, Udaipur, India, in Agricultural Engineering. He has published over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 4 practical manuals and 20 chapters in books. He has guided 10 post-graduate students in soil and water engineering. He has handled more than 10 research projects as a principal or co-principal investigator. Since 2011, he has been Principal Investigator of All India Coordinated Research Project on Plasticulture Engineering and Technology.

Prof. Vijay P. Singh is a Distinguished Professor, a Regents Professor, and the inaugural holder the Caroline and William N. Lehrer Distinguished Chair in Water Engineering at　Texas A&M University. His research interests include Surface-water Hydrology, Groundwater Hydrology, Hydraulics, Irrigation Engineering, Environmental Quality, Water Resources, entropy theory, copula theory, and mathematical modeling. 　He graduated with a B.Sc in Engineering and Technology with emphasis on Soil and Water Conservation Engineering in 1967 from　U.P. Agricultural University, India. He earned an MS in Engineering with speciali