Overview
Discusses food security, agriculture and sustainable development in an Indian context
Covers approaches to achieve nutrition security through environmentally sound practices
Addresses India's role in the global agriculture economy
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Climate and Agricultural Productivity for Availability
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Changes of Cropping Pattern and Food Security
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Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Rukhsana is an Assistant Professor in Department of Geography at Aliah University, Kolkata. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Geography from Aligarh Muslims University. She was awarded International Young Geographer Award in 2009. She has published more than 35 papers at national as well as international level in reputed journals. Dr Rukhsana has published four books and presented a no of research papers at national and international level. She has attended XXV FIG International Congress 2014, Malaysia and ICGGS-2018, Thailand Bangkok. Dr Rukhsana has successfully completed one major research project sponsored by ICSSR, Ministry of Education, New Delhi. Her specialization in research is Agriculture, Urban, Population, environment and development in geography. She has been the Head of Geography department at Aliah University.
Dr. Asraful Alam is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography, Serampore Girls’ College, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He received his M.A.& Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and Aliah University, Kolkata, India respectively and also completed PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS. Dr. Alam complete his Post Doctorate (PDF)from Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. Earlier he was an Assistant Coordinator in PG Department of Geography, Calcutta Women’s College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. His research interests include Population Geography, Agricultural Geography, Climatology and Remote Sensing & GIS and Developmental Studies. He has published two books (one book in Springer) and more than 25 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Alam has served as a reviewer for many International journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security
Book Subtitle: A Study of Availability and Sustainability in India
Editors: Rukhsana, Asraful Alam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69333-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69332-9Published: 20 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69335-0Published: 20 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69333-6Published: 19 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 336
Number of Illustrations: 79 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environment, general, Agriculture, Food Science, Nutrition, Sustainable Development