Overview
- Focuses on resource use efficiency in agriculture and its importance in sustainability
- Describes system-based sustainable approaches to environmentally friendly agriculture
- Explores resource management strategies and their roles in soil health improvement
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book examines the latest eco-efficient practices used in agro-systems. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, it offers an up-to-date overview, together with insights into directly applicable approaches for poly-cropping systems and landscape-scale management to improve the stability of agricultural production systems, helping achieve food security. The book will be of interest to educators, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders and policymakers alike. It can also be used as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate courses on agriculture, forestry, soil science, and the environmental sciences.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Ram Swaroop Meena is an agronomist and Assistant Professor at the Department of Agronomy, I.Ag. Scs., BHU, Varanasi (UP). Awarded a Raman Research Fellowship by the MHRD, GOI, he completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Prof. Rattan Lal, Director, C-MASC, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has published more than 100 research and reviewpapers, 50 book chapters and 17 books. He has worked as an expert for the NCERT, MHRD, GOI. With more than 10 years of research and teaching experience, he is currently working on three externally funded projects (DST, MHRD, ICAR).
Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly Sarguja University) Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), India, and the author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers, 30 book chapters and seven books. Dr. Jhariya acquired his B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India, and received a Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology in 2013. He is an editorial board member for several journals and a life member of numerous societies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Resources Use Efficiency in Agriculture
Editors: Sandeep Kumar, Ram Swaroop Meena, Manoj Kumar Jhariya
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6953-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6952-4Published: 19 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6955-5Published: 20 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6953-1Published: 18 September 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 760
Number of Illustrations: 39 b/w illustrations, 128 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Ecosystems, Plant Physiology, Plant Anatomy/Development