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Sustainable Development through Innovative Agriculture
Author
C Karthikeyan and R Sendilkumar
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789351249818
  • year : 2019
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Innovative Extension Approach for Sustainable Livelihood of Farmers in Tamil Nadu/C. Karthikeyan. 2. Integrated Water Management for Natural Resource Conservation/B.J. Pandian. 3. Instant Messaging Tool: An Effective Connecting Platform among Stakeholders/M. Senthil Kumar, H. Philip and P. Sivaraj. 4. Integrated Crop Management for Better Agribusiness/C. Jayanthi, M. Balusamy, M. Ananthi and P. Gnanasoundari. 5. Integrated Nutrient Management: One Stop Solution for Sustainable Soil Health, Crop Productivity and Removal of Soil Fatigue/V.V. Krishnamurthi, T. Chitdeshwari and R. Santhi. 6. Sustainable Agriculture through Effective Integrated Pest Management/T. Manoharan and S. Jeyarani. 7. Integrated Disease Management of Major Crop Plants/D. Alice and M. Karthikeyan. 8. Management Techniques of Polluted Soil and Water for Complex, Diversified and Risk Prone Agriculture/P.T. Ramesh, P. Kalaiselvi, K. Suganya, S. Paul Sebastian, M.P. Sugumaran, R. Jayashree and K. Boomiraj. 9. Yield and Quality Parameters Up Scaling through Crop Boosters/R. Sivakumar and P. Jeyakumar. 10. Quality Seed Production: A Basic Critical Input for Sustainable Agriculture/P. Selvaraju and V. Manonmani. 11. Organic Farming: A Way Forward for Sustainable Agriculture/A. Bharani, E. Somasundaram and D. Udhaya Nandhini. 12. Weather Based Crop Advisory Prescriptions for Climate Smart Agriculture/S. Panneerselvam. 13. Promising Bioinoculants to different Crops/P. Marimuthu, N. Jaivel and R. Rajesh. 14. Potential Applications of Spirulina in Food and Agro-based Industries/G. Gayathry. 15. Mulberry and Silkworm: Pharmaceutical Value Perspective/P. Mohanraj, B. Bebitha, C.A. Mahalingam. 16. Role of ICT in Agriculture Extension: Experiences/M. Balarubini and C. Karthikeyan. 17. Hydroponics (Soilless Culture): A Breakthrough Innovation in Agriculture/G. Dileep Kumar, M. Dhivya, M. Kokila. 18. Enhancing Agricultural Productivity through Effective Dryland and Waste Management Techniques/B. Sivakami and S.P. Ramanathan. 19. Innovative Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihood of the Farmers/A. Anitha Pauline and C. Karthikeyan. 20. Seed Quality Analysis through Advance Instruments/S. Sathish and V. Vijayalakshmi. 21. Farmers Producing Company: An Innovative Institutional Intervention for Agribusiness/R. Sendilkumar and G. Naveenkumar. 22. Empowerment Dynamics of SHG, Enterprising in Food Supplements/R. Sendilkumar and A.K. Devi. 23. Adoption Dynamics of Farmers Field School Beneficiaries in Eco-friendly Technologies for Sustainable Rice Farming/G. Naveenkumar and R. Sendilkumar. Index. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) deals with aspects like poverty, hunger, food and nutritional security, health, education, gender and empowerment, resource conservation and combating climate change etc., which requires intervention of innovative technologies in agriculture capable of ensuring sustainable agriculture and rural development. An attempt has been taken on these perspectives to document the emerging promising innovative technology and institutional intervention in agriculture. The contents in the book largely focuses on the potential technologies addressing the contemporary challenges and issues: natural resource conservation, complex diversified risk prone agriculture, climate smart agriculture, crop management, pest and disease management, nutrient management, irrigation management, weed management, waste management, ICT application -sustainable livelihood and institutional interventions. The book will be greatly useful to the technology creators, disseminators, adopters, agricultural educationist, extension professionals, students, research scholars, policy makers and administrators.