Diversification in Agriculture
Contents: Preface. I: 1. Concept of crop diversification in agriculture. References. II: 1. Productive agriculture. 2. Biological diversity. 3. Biological resources. 4. Medicinal plant resources. 5. Plant genetic resources. 6. Tropical forest resources. 7. Role of watersheds in productive agriculture. 8. Water resources management. References. III: 1. Commercial horticulture. 2. Vegetables. 3. Fruits. 4. Floriculture. 5. Mushrooms. References. IV: 1. Cropping patterns or systems. 2. Cropping systems and nutrient management. References. V: 1. Forests and forestry. 2. Shifting cultivation. 3. Ecological culture with people\'s participation. 4. \'Arabari Model\' for forest management. 5. Agroforestry. 6. Social forestry. 7. Farm forestry. 8. Community forestry. 9. Urban forestry. 10. Silviculture. 11. Wildlife. VI: 1. Organic farming and application of biotechnology in agriculture : organic farming. 2. Application of biotechnology in agriculture. 3. Systems agriculture - the desirable perspective. References. VII: 1. Alternate or diversified agriculture. 2. Systems agriculture in detail - the desirable perspectives. 3. Food insecurity of rural India. 4. Livestock and dairying, sheep and goat, poultry and aquaculture scenario in India. 5. Other income generating programmes. 6. Some promising income generating diversified agriculture. References. VIII: 1. Balanced fertilisation. 2. Fertiliser use and options for crop diversification. 3. Management of micronutrients in crop production. 4. Technologies for drought prone rainfed areas. 5. Role of plant nutrients in rainfed / drought prone agriculture. 6. Nutrient management in forage - based cropping systems. 7. Balanced fertilisers in aquaculture. References. IX: 1. Research for meeting the challenges ahead. 2. Agriculture in the new millennium - vision 2020. 3. Horticulture export scenario and future development. 4. Agricultural sustainability in the 21 century. Subject index.
"\'Diversification in Agriculture\' is a paradigm shift from one crop to another bringing out a desirable change in the existing cropping pattern towards more balanced cropping system to meet ever increasing demand for cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fibres, fodder and grasses, horticultural crops and fuel, etc. for the burgeoning population. It aims to improving soil health and agro-ecosystem with socio-economic improvement of the people. It takes into account of the economic returns from different crops and other allied farming for the development of the nation.
It implies the use of resources in a larger mix of diverse crop group having complementary activities within crop sector and shifting of resources from less value crops to high value crops. With globalization of market, now crop diversification in agriculture means to increase the total productivity in terms of quality, quantity and monetary values under diverse agro-climatic situations of the country. It is now of urgent necessity for the third world developing countries for their overall sustainable development. It is affected with varying nature of risks, opportunities and feasibilities of enhanced socio-economic and agro-economic security.
This book will augment the modern thoughts of the scientists, planners, economists and the ultimate food growers of the country, for whom planning is done towards reaching the ultimate goal of prosperity of the nation."
