Sustainable Agriculture

Title Author

A Grain Saved is a Grain Produced S. Mohan

Agricultural Drainage Engineering H.V. Parmar

Agricultural Marketing S.B. Verma

Agricultural Microbiology R.P. Pareek

Agriculture and Fertilizers O.C. Bockman

Agricultural Extension a Glimpse S. Jananai

Agroforestry for Climate Resilience and Rural Livelihood Inder DevAgroforestry for Sustained Productivity in Arid Regions J.P. Gupta

Combating Desertification Land Degradation and

Climate Change: Management of Dry Lands

T.S. Chouhan

Commercial Beekeeping Dharm Singh

Communication Skills and Personality Development J.R. Kadam

Compensatory Afforestation in Rajasthan: An Evaluation G. Singh

Crop Improvement and Mutation Breeding A.K. Sharma

Crop Management 2nd Ed U.S. Walia

Crop Production in Salt Affected Soils I.C. Gupta

Crop Production in Waterlogged Saline Soils S.K. Gupta

Drainage Engineering: Principles and Practices S.K. Gupta

Drought Proofing and Water Resource Management T.S. Chouhan

Dryland Resources and Technology (Vol. 8) L.L. Somani

Educating Farmers About Agriculture Raghunath Singh

Farm Mechanization for Production Dhirendra Khare

Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture U.S. Walia

Food Crops: Evolution, Diversity and Advances D.A. Patil

Fundamentals of Human Ethics and Agriculture Extension D.K. MeenaFundamentals of Organic Farming and Gardening: An

Instructors Guide

A. McGregor

Introduction to Crops of India 2nd Ed N.R. Das

Introduction to Forestry & Agroforestry K.T. Parthiban

Kharpatvar Prabandhan (Weed Management) J.P. Tiwari

Krishi Jagat: JET Evam Krishi Paryavekshak Pariksha Upoagi M.L. Jat

Spice Crops Production Technology P.C. Das

Sustainable Agriculture: From Common Principles to

Common Practice

F.J. Hani

Sustainable Development of Dryland Agriculture in India R.P. SinghSustainable Dryland Farming A.M. Dhopte

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Ram Swaroop Meena

JRF, SRF, Ph.D., PDF, NET, Raman Fellow (MHRD, Govt. of India)Ex-Visiting Scientist, C-MASC, USA

Assistant Professor, Dept. of AgronomyInstitute of Agricultural Sciences,

BHU, Varanasi (UP) - 221 005, India

Sustainable Agriculture

ISBN: 978-93-88043-62-5

e-ISBN: 978-93-88043-85-4

Preface

Sustainable development means that the needs of the present generation

should be met without compromising the ability of future generations to

meet their own needs. Sustainability is the key to preventing or reducing

the effect of environmental issues. Agriculture sustainability is the

process of making sure current processes of interaction with the

Agriculture are pursued with the idea of keeping the environment as

pristine as naturally possible based on ideal-seeking behaviour.

Ecosystems are dynamic interactions between plants, animals, and

microorganisms, and their environment working together as a functional

unit. Ecosystems will fail if they do not remain in balance. This book

examines our current cultivation system from production to

consumption, and the urgent need to transition to long-term

sustainability. The book promotes the study and application of Agro-

ecology for developing alternatives to the complex problems of resource

depletion, environmental degradation, a narrowing of agro-biodiversity,

consolidation and industrialization of the food system, climate change,

and the loss of farm land. The book uses a food systems approach, and

seeks experiences in eco-friendly that are on-farm, participatory, change-

oriented, and backed by broad-based methodologies of sustainability

analysis and evaluation. The objectives of this book are: (1) to

understand the role sustainable agricultural productivity and its

importance to the sustainable soil managements, (2) to restore soil health

to transforming agriculture for sustainability, and (3) to understand the

matching of management rules in climatic perspective. In general, the

book will be suitable for teachers, researchers, policy makers,

undergraduate and graduate students of soil science, soil microbiology,

agronomy, ecology, and environmental sciences. Highly professional and

internationally renowned researchers has invited to contribute,

authoritative and cutting-edge scientific information on a broad range of

topics covering sustainable management of agriculture. All chapters are

well-illustrated with appropriately placed data, tables, figures, and

photographs and supported with extensive and most recent references.

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The submitted chapters are reviewed by the members of the relevant

field for further improvement and authentication of the information

provided. I am also provide a roadmap for sustainable approaches for

agriculture systems for food and nutritional security, and soil

sustainability in the ecosystem.

Ram Swaroop Meena

Contents

1. Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustainable Rice-based Cropping

Systems and Soil Quality

— B.L. Meena, R. Raja, M.L. Dotaniya and Ram Swaroop Meena

1

2. Biopesticides: An Integral Partner of Sustainable Agriculture

— Amit Yadav, Pushpa Singh, Veer Singh and Abhishek Yadav 13

3. Year Round Green Fodder Production and Conservation for Sustainable

Dairy Farming in India

— Rakesh Kumar 38

4. Green House Gas Emissions in Rice and its Mitigation Options for

Sustainability

— B. Lal, Priyanka Gautam, Teekam Singh, B.P. Meena

and Rachna Rana

55

5. Use of Wastewater for Sustainable Agriculture

— M.L. Dotaniya V.D. Meena and B.L. Meena 71

6. Biochar: An Emerging Technology for Sustainable Agriculture

— U.N. Shukla, Manju Lata Mishra, Ram Swaroop Meena,

A.K. Pandey and S.K. Verma

88

7. Enhancing Crop Competitiveness Through Sustainable Weed

Management Practices

— Kairovin Lakra, S.K. Verma, Avinash Chandra Maurya, S.B. Singh,

Ram Swaroop Meena and N. Shukla

109

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8. Carbon Sequestration for Agriculture Production System and Climate

Change

— Ram Swaroop Meena and Ekta Kumari 169

9. Biosequestration- A Sustainable Approach Towards Rejuvenation of Soil

Organic Carbon in India

— Ekta Kumari, Ram Swaroop Meena, Avijit Sen, Pravin K. Upadhyay,

Santosh K. Meena, Mona Nagargade and Vishal Tyagi

190

10. Polymers: A Potential Way to Enhance Agricultural Sustainability

— V. Tyagi, R.K. Singh, Ram Swaroop Meena and M. Nagargade 209

11. Adaptation Strategies for Enhancing Agricultural and Environmental

Sustainability under Current Climate

— Sandeep Kumar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Shish Ram Jakhar,

Chetan Kumar Jangir, Anshul Gupta and B.L. Meena

226

12. Present Status and Future Prospects of Organic Farming in India

— Raghuveer Singh, N.K. Jat, N. Ravisankar, Sudhir Kumar,

T. Ram and R.S. Yadav

275

13. Organic Farming of Vegetable Crops for Sustainability

— S.P. Kanaujia 300

14. Integrated Crop Management Practices for Enhancing Productivity,

Resource use Efficiency, Soil Health and Livelihood Management

— Pradip Tripura 318

15. Climate Resilient Agro-Technologies for Enhanced Crop and Water

Productivity under Water Deficit Agro-Ecologies

— Anshul Gupta and Sandeep Kumar

338

16. Significance of Soil Organic Matter to Soil Quality and Evaluation of

Sustainability

— Chetan Kumar Jangir, Sandeep Kumar and Ram Swaroop Meena

357

17. Organic Farming: An Option for Food Quality and Environmental

Benefits

— Gangadhar Nanda, D.K. Singh, B.L. Meena and Uadal Singh 382