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Sustainable Agriculture : Status and Prospects

P N Kalla; Anita Singh; S S Pareek; Shanti K Sharma and Hanuman Ram, Agrotech Publishing Academy, 2007, 192 p, tables, figs, ISBN : 8183210805, $32.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: Preface. About the book. About the authors. 1. Sustainable agriculture: vision 2025/A.K. Dahama. 2. Strategies for sustainable crop production/B.L. Sharma. 3. Agronomic practices for sustainable crop production in dry land areas/B.L. Sharma. 4. Integrated pest management for sustainable agriculture/R.K. Joshi. 5. Role of organic farming in sustainable agriculture/R.N. Goshwami. 6. Visual communication/A.R. Singh. 7. Role of livestock in sustainable agriculture/R.N. Kachhawa. 8. Measures to be adopted for making dairy economically sustainable/P.K. Pareek. 9. Sustainable swine production/O.P. Mathur. 10. The agriculture crisis/J.S. Shekhawat. 11. The concept of integrated disease management in mustard crop/Asha Shivpuri. 12. Horticulture intervention to reduce vitamin-'A' deficiency among preschool children/Pooja Talikothi. 13. Sustainability in agriculture --new dimensions/Anil Kumar. 14. Role of rural women in environment conservation for sustainable agriculture/C. Dave. 15. Role of diet in health disease/Madhu Goyal. 16. Silvipasture system and sustainable agriculture/R.K. Bhimawat. 17. Integrated pest management concept and strategies for sustainable crop production to boost organic farming in Rajasthan/A. Noor. 18. Pulse based cropping system in sustainable agriculture/R.C. Sharma. 19. Role of KVK's in TOT for sustainable agriculture/Hanuman Prasad. 20. Future prospects and challenges in veterinary's animal science research/K.S. Deora. 21. Management of nematode diseases for sustainable agriculture/B.D. Yadav. 22. Feed and fodder resources, availability and their nutritive value for Indian livestock/G.R. Purohit. 23. Livestock production in India and export potential/D.K. Chaudhary. 24. Transfer to technology for animal husbandry/M.S. Vashistha. 25. Sustainable agriculture/J.S. Shekhawat. Subject index.

"The present book on sustainable agriculture: status and prospects is a collection of articles contributed by experts from the fields like agronomy, horticulture, entomology, extension education, home science, veterinary and animal science and plant breeding. These were initially the specialized lectures by renowned resource persons which have been transformed and texturized to make an edited book on this important title. The book, thus, covers many faces of sustainable agriculture and would be useful to under graduate and post graduate students of agricultural sciences."

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