Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: Issues and Challenges, 9789388982047

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Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: Issues and Challenges

P K Mishra (Author) J K Verma (Author)

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Contents: Preface. 1. Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management. 2. Sustainable Management Practices in Agriculture: A Case of Organic Farming in India. 3. Sustainable Food and Livelihood Security: A Case of an Agricultural Intervention in Bangladesh. 4. Productivity and Efficiency of Asian Agriculture. 5. Climate Change and Sustainable Food Security. 6. Efficiency of Agricultural Practices in Una District, Himachal Pradesh. 7. Resource Use Efficiency and Comparative Costs: A Case of Farming System in Karnataka. 8. Sustainable Agricultural Development in Punjab. 9. Prospect of Sustainable Agriculture in Punjab. 10. Role of Education in Sustainable Agricultural Marketing Practices in Indian Horticulture. 11. Sustainability of Agri-tourism in Punjab: Problems and Prospects. 12. Natural Resource Management for Environmental Sustainability. 13. Remote Sensing and GIS in Natural Resource Management: A Case of Forest Cover in Punjab. 14. Sustainable Development Goals and Wetland Sustainability: A Case of Harike Wetland in Punjab. 15. Sustainable Development: A Harmonious Link between the Pillars of Environment and Development. Index.

The present book is enriched with fifteen chapters contributed by the authorities in their respective fields and who have made significant contributions to sustainable agriculture and natural resource management. This book is a timely exercise which provide an overview of the sustainable agricultural practice and natural resource management, and also give an analytical account of the problems and prospects associated with it. This book will be highly useful for researchers, teachers, students, extension workers, master trainers, progressive farmers as well as common people having concern with sustainable agriculture and natural resource management.

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About the authors

P K Mishra

Dr. P.K. Mishra (b. 1973) Ph.D., D. Litt., Professor of History, Sambalpur University, Orissa is an experienced teacher and well known scholar. He has a wide range of academic interest covering archaeology, regional history and culture freedom movement and tribal history. His publications include; Political History of Orissa; Evolution of Orissa and Her Culture; Bhagabata Purana; An illustrated Palm-leaf mss, in Oriya Culture, Tribal History and Freedom Movement; Heritage of India: Past & Present, two volumes and several other titles. He was the President of Orissa History Congress in 1986-87 and 1994-95. He organized seven National Seminars and completed the Ford Foundation Research Project on Survey of Monuments in the Upper Mahanadi Valley in 1994.

J K Verma

J.K. Verma, a renowned Teacher of geography, obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in geography. He is actively engaged in Teaching and Research in various field of Geography for over two decades. Having a high degree of commitment to teaching and research, he has the ability to simplify the difficult concepts of geography and to analyze enormous facts in a cogent way. He has guided many research scholars at doctorate and post doctorate level.

Dr. Verma has guided many research scholars at doctorate and post-doctorate level. He has organized and participated in many national and international seminars and conferences on thrust areas of geography. He has also contributed research papers on economic themes, especially human geography.

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