Encyclopaedia of Agricultural Science : Vols. I to V

Contents: Preface. Vol. I: Part. I. Agricultural and Rural Poverty. 1. Rural poverty and agricultural performance in India. 2. Can Non-Agricultural employment reduce rural poverty. 3. Rural development and poverty reduction: Is agriculture still the key? 4. Agricultural production, agricultural land and rural, poverty. 5. The Structure of public expenditures, agricultural income and rural poverty. 6. Rural poverty: Old challenges in new contexts. 7. Linkage between rural poverty and agricultural productivity. 8. Agricultural and rural development for reducing poverty and hunger in Asia. 9. Rural diversity, agricultural innovation policies and poverty reduction. 10. Impact of agricultural policy reform on regional rural poverty. 11. Land interlinking markets and rural poverty in transition countries. 12. Agriculture and the new challenges of development. 13. Organic agriculture, poverty reduction and the millennium development goals. Part. II: Agriculture Growth in India: 1. Agriculture in India. 2. Agricultural growth in India since 1991. 3. Modernization of agriculture and long-term growth. 4. Productivity growth in Indian agriculture: The Role of globalization and economic reform. 5. Agricultural investment for growth and poverty reduction. 6. India’s national agricultural policy: A Critique. 7. Sustainable agriculture and rural livelihoods. 8. Indian Agriculture: Managing growth with equity. 9. The world of organic agriculture statistics and emerging trends. 10. Urban agriculture in India: A Survey of expertise, capacities and experience. 11. Agriculture policy: Vision 2020. 12. Knowledge management in the globalized agricultural development. 13. Science and technology strategies for improving agricultural productivity and food security. 14. Interventions for skill development in agriculture. 15. The new agenda for agriculture. 16. Investments and subsidies in Indian agriculture.

Vol. II: Part. III. Agriculture Marketing. 1. Agricultural Marketing and rural credit: Status, issues and reform. 2. Agricultural marketing and access to transport services. 3. Domestic marketing of agricultural products. 4. Agricultural markets in developing countries. 5. Organic farming: Wheat production and marketing. 6. The role and importance of branding on agricultural marketing. 7. Agricultural commodity markets in India: Policy issues for growth. 8. Problems encountered by agricultural marketing firms in food and agricultural product exporting. 9. Agricultural price policy, farm profitability and food security. 10. Macro-level analysis of food supply chain dynamics and diversity. 11. Rethinking tropical agricultural commodities. 12. Rural poverty, agricultural production, and prices. 13. Impact of trade, macroeconomic and price policy on agriculture. 14. Bringing agriculture to the market. Part. IV. Plants Biology and Biotechnology: 1. Introduction. 2. Applications of biotechnology to crops: Benefits and risks. 3. Role of biotechnology in medicinal plants. 4. The role of biotechnology in plants crops and forest trees. 5. The role of biotechnology in developing plant resources in deserts environment. 6. Agricultural biotechnology: Farm-Level, market, and policy considerations. 7. What is biotechnology and how is it used in agriculture. 8. Plant genetic resources for agriculture, plant breeding and biotechnology. 9. Plant breeding: Induced mutation technology for crop improvement. 10. Plant biotechnology importance for agriculture development. 11. Effects of biological control agents and exotic plant. 12. Need for a global strategy in plant biotechnology. 13. Biological control of plant pathogens. 14. Plant biotechnology helps quest for sustainability. 15. Developing microbe-plant interactions for applications in plant-growth promotion and disease control. 16. The role of root exudates in Rhizosphere interactions with plants.

Vol. III: Part. V. Crop Nutrition: Principle and Practice: 1. Biofortified crops for improved human nutrition: A Challenge. 2. Zinc adds Micro-Power to crop nutrition. 3. Guide to efficient plant nutrition management. 4. BIOCHAR – Its role in crop nutrition. 5. Silicon nutrition and crop production. 6. Balanced crop nutrition: Fertilizing for crop and food quality. 7. Increasing crop production: Biological processes. 8. The role of micronutrients in crop production and human health. 9. Pesticides: A Contribution to agriculture and nutrition. 10. Chemical and crop nutrient interactions. 11. Earthworms Vermicompost: A Powerful crop nutrient. 12. Integrated nutrient management for sustainable crop production. 13. Risk management challenges in a changing crop nutrients industry. 14. Genetic transformation of crop plants: Risks and opportunities for the rural poor. 15. Mineral nutrition of fruit crops. 16. Nutrient resources for crop production in the tropics. 17. Big farms, small farms: Strategies in sustainable agriculture. Part. VI. Crop Protection and Environment: 1. Introduction. 2. Impact of high crop prices on environmental quality. 3. Crop protection stewardship in India: Wanted or Unwanted. 4. Chemical crop protection research: Methods and challenges. 5. Biodiversity and crop protection – How the balance is maintained. 6. Remote sensing for crop management. 7. Crop growth modeling and its applications in agricultural meteorology. 8. Effects of past and current crop management on leaching losses and soil microbial community. 9. Crop protection in organic agriculture a simple matter. 10. Environmental impact of biotech crops. 11. Fertilizer use and the environment. 12. Plant protection: Trade and the environment. 13. Climate change and agriculture.

Vol. IV: Part. VII: Environment, Agriculture and Poverty: 1. Environment and agriculture: An introduction. 2. Poverty-Environment interactions in agriculture. 3. Environmental indicators for agriculture: Methods and results. 4. Smallholder agriculture and the environment in a changing global context. 5. Use of environmental lifecycle assessment to evaluate alternative agricultural production. 6. Impact of agriculture on the environment. 7. Precision agriculture and environmental quality: Challenges for research and education. 8. Nitrates, agriculture and environment. 9. Economic importance of agriculture for poverty reduction. 10. Urban Agriculture and poverty reduction. 11. Urban agriculture for sustainable poverty alleviation and food security. 12. Land reform, Agriculture and poverty reduction. 13. Agriculture and environment: Interlink with poverty dimension. 14. Changes in global agriculture: A Framework for diagnosing ecosystem effects. 15. Attacking poverty while improving the environment. Part. VIII. Fruit and Vegetable Preservation: 1. Preservation of fruit and vegetables. 2. Microbial safety of pickled fruits and vegetables and hurdle Technology. 3. Storing vegetables and fruits at home. 4. Fresh fruits and vegetables. 5. Microbiological analysis of fresh vegetables and fruits and effect of anti-microbial load. 6. Preservation of fruit and vegetables at freezing temperatures. 7. Types of food preservation in the 19th century. 8. Food preservation in rural India. 9. Surface decontamination of fruits and vegetables eaten raw. 10. Quality preservation of stored dry fruit by carbon dioxide enriched atmospheres. 11. Fruit and vegetable sector export strategy. 12. Challenges of limiting pesticide residues in fresh vegetables: The Indian experience. 13. Nutritional comparison of fresh, Frozen and canned fruits and vegetables. 14. Practical guide fruits and vegetables processing in developing countries. 15. Agricultural diversification and the fruits and vegetables subsector.

Vol. V. Part. IX. Plant Breeding: Theory and Techniques: 1. Introduction. 2. Consequences of new genetic modification-based plant breeding techniques. 3. Seed Diversity in Organic Agriculture. 4. Mendelism, plant breeding and experimental cultures. 5. Quantitative genetics, genomics and the future of plant breeding. 6. The Impact and experience of participatory plant breeding. 7. Plant breeding: Induced mutation technology for crop improvement. 8. Plant genetic resources for agriculture, plant breeding and biotechnology. 9. Public plant breeding in an era of privatization. 10. Increasing the efficiency of Breeding through Farmer participation. 11. Organic seed production and plant breeding: Strategies, problems and perspectives. 12. Towards new socio-economically integrated solutions for plant breeding. 13. Plant breeding, ecology and modern organic agriculture. 14. Participatory approach to designing and implementing organic value for cultivation and use. 15. Plant tissue culture techniques. 16. Harnessing plant breeding and genetics to identify and develop economically important crop traits. Part. X. Plant Conservation Biotechnology: 1. Biotechnology for endangered plant conservation. 2. Environmental benefits of conservation tillage. 3. The Role of biotechnology in plant conservation. 4. Plant Biotechnology and conservation of biodiversity. 5. Role of biotechnology in medicinal plants. 6. Exploring biotechnology for conserving Himalayan Biodiversity. 7. Biodiversity and conservation of medicinal and aromatic plants in Africa. 8. Plant biotechnology: Potential impact for improving pest management in agriculture. 9. Management of the appropriate agricultural biotechnology for small producers. 10. Activities in biotechnology for food and agriculture. 11. Plant genetic resources: Advancing conservation and use through biotechnology. 12. Status of conservation of the indigenous leaf vegetables and fruits. 13. Plant biotechnology for sustainability: With emphasis on climate change and endangered plants. 14. Future of plant biotechnology. 15. Agricultural biotechnology sector in India: Issues impacting innovations. 16. Conservation of threatened plants endemic to the region through Botanical gardens. 17. GMOs and ecological sustainability: does the genetic modification of crops. 18. Biotechnology Development Strategy. Bibliography. Index.