Biotechnology and Agriculture

Contents: Preface. 1. Agriculture and biotechnology: an introduction. 2. Biotechnology in agriculture: the new green revolution. 3. Biotechnology and India agriculture. 4. Biotechnology in agriculture, forestry and fisheries. 5. Production contracts, biotechnology and the control of farming. 6. Agriculture in India. 7. Sustainable agriculture focus on issues facing farmers and producers. 8. Agricultural marketing. 9. Plants as agents of biological control. 10. Significance of agricultural biotechnology. Bibliography.

"Agricultural biotechnology is a collection of scientific techniques, including genetic engineering, that are used to create, improve, or modify plants, animals and microorganisms. Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the husbandry of domesticated animals and plants (i.e. crops) creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more densely populated and stratified societies. The study of agriculture is known as agricultural science. Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties. Cultivation of crops on arable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the foundations of agriculture. " (jacket)