Editors:
- Collates recent research in the field of agroecology and ecological footprints of different ecosystem components
- Discusses eco-friendly approaches for sustainable management of agroecosystem and services
- Explores the concept of agroecological footprints management for sustainable food production system
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
It further discusses the changing status of the agroecological footprints and the growth of other footprint tools and types, such as land, water, carbon, nitrogen, etc. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, government planners, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, agroforestry, agroecology, soil science, and environmental sciences.
National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be useful to achieve the ‘Sustainable Development Goals’.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, India
Arnab Banerjee
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Department of Agronomy, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Ram Swaroop Meena
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Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, India
Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Dhiraj Kumar Yadav
About the editors
Dr. Ram Swaroop Meenais working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, I.Ag. Scs., BHU, Varanasi (UP). Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the MHRD, GOI. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Prof. Rattan Lal World Food Prize 2020 Laureate 2020, Director, CMASC, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has supervised 20 PG and 6 PhD students, and have10 years of research and teaching experience. He is working on the three externally funded projects ( DST, MHRD, ICAR) with one patent. Dr. Meena has published more than 110 research and review papers and have H-index ~ 40, as well 4 published books at the national and 14 books at the international levels, and contributedin the books with 15 chapters at national and 50 at the international levels. He has worked as an expert for the NCERT, MHRD, GOI. Dr. Meena is contributed in several agricultural extension activities, trainings, meetings, workshops, etc.
Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is 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 68 scientific papers, 08 books, 33 book chapters and several extension articles. Dr. Jhariya acquired 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.
Dhiraj Kumar Yadav is an assistant professor and head, Department of Farm Forestry, Sarguja Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He completed graduation, postgraduation, and PhD in Forestry from Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (JNKVV), IGKVV, and Kumaun University, Nainital, respectively. He has pursued MBA in Human Resource Management from Sikkim Manipal University and Diploma in Environmental Management. He has been awarded Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award in the year 2008 from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. He received a merit scholarship during BSc curriculum. He also worked as JRF, SRF, research assistant (RA), and project coordinator in various forestry institutes. He has published many research papers (35), articles, books (2), and book chapters (20) in various national and international reputed publishers. He is also member of several academic societies of India. He has supervised 48 MSc (Farm Forestry) students and involvedin teaching (postgraduate) and research.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System
Editors: Arnab Banerjee, Ram Swaroop Meena, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Dhiraj Kumar Yadav
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9496-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9495-3Published: 17 December 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9498-4Published: 18 December 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9496-0Published: 16 December 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 514
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Ecosystems, Plant Physiology