Environment, Agroforestry and Livestock Management
Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Ecology to environmental science - changing concepts and grassland ecology in India/S.C. Pandeya. 2. Current trends and emerging scenario in Indian agriculture/J.C. Dagar. 3. Water availability and its effective utilisation for agriculture in different regions of the country/S.K. Dhyani. 4. Status of silvipasture research and development/P. Rai. 5. Perspectives on silvopasture management and environment interactions/M. Mohamed Yassin and C. Swaminathan. 6. Agroforestry in indogangetic plains: scenario and research outlook/O.P. Chaturvedi, Ajit, A.K. Handa and Nighat Jabeen. 7. Carbon storage and soil biological activity in semiarid grassland communities/S.R. Gupta, Neeraj and Rekha Jangra. 8. Diversity of poplar (Populus deltoides) clones in India/Sanjeev K. Chauhan, Rajni Chauhan and H.S. Saralch. 9. Utilization of sodic land through agroforestry in Eastern Uttar Pradesh/A.K. Saxena, B.S. Rana and B.P. Singh. 10. Role of agroforestry in disaster management of hill agro-ecosystem/Atul and Punam. 11. Agroforestry for biodiversity conservation/Rekha Malik, Sindhu Sareen and Sushila Kundu. 12. Pattern and processes of litter decomposition of multipurpose trees in a sub-humid tropical environment of Chhattisgarh region/Lalji Singh, Akshaya Sharma and R.K. Prajapati. 13. Medicinal plants based agroforestry: a bountiful agricultural promises for developing wastelands in Madhya Pradesh/S.D. Upadhyaya and Aashutosh Sharma. 14. Plant secondary metabolites and ruminant productivity/B. Singh and S.K. Tomar. 15. Multipurpose tree species for biodiesel in arid and semi arid region of India/A.K. Handa, Ajit, O.P. Chaturvedi, Kundan Singh and R.V. Kumar. 16. Opportunities for sustainable development in Haryana through agroforestry/P.P. Bhojvaid and V.P. Singh. 17. Bamboo in homestead and agroforestry system of India/R.L. Banik, Salil Tiwari and Rajesh Kaushal. 18. Homegardens of Andaman and Nicobar Islands: structural and functional analysis/C.B. Pandey, Lalita Singh and R.B. Rai. 19. Livestock production and agroforestry/S.S. Kundu, S.B. Maity and S.K. Tomar. 20. Reproductive disorders of cow and buffalo/S.V. Singh and Sanjay Kumar. 21. Shelter management for animal production/Purushottam Sharma and Ashutosh. 22. Colostrum: the vital fluid for dairy calf/Archana Verma. 23. Principles of animal handling and transportation management/Ashutosh, Manju Ashutosh and R.C. Upadhyay. 24. Stylosanthes, a potential forage legume: diversity and its utilization/Amaresh Chandra. 25. Biotechnology and it utilisation for forage crop improvement/Suresh Kumar. 26. Residue: risk and concern/Sanjay Kumar, S.V. Singh and Ashutosh. 27. Carbon sequestration potential of multipurpose trees: a synthesis/B. Mohan Kumar. 28. Climate change and its consequences for crop production/R.K. Bhatt and M.J. Baig. 29. Methane emission from Indian livestock and environment/S.S. Kundu, S.K. Mahanta and S.K. Sirohi. 30. Intellectual Property Right (IPR) and livestock feeding/Sultan Singh, S.S. Kundu and Amrish Tyagi. 31. Intellectual property rights and prioritization for forage and livestock farming in post WTO Era/Ajoy Kumar Roy. Subject index.
"By the turn of the twenty-first century, there lies a possible threat due to atmospheric pollution, change in global climate, depletion of aquifers, per capita shrinking of croplands, collapsing ecosystems. For an evergreen agriculture, agroforestry and livestock production through scientific management possibly deserves a trial with hitherto adopted policy, skewed for crop production. These systems have more growth potential which became evident during last decade, when crop production was stagnant and these sectors grew around four per cent per annum. Development of a comprehensive management of tree fodders, forages, grazing lands and livestock, is called upon to expand and sustain employment and strengthen livelihood security, particularly in drought prone areas. The rangelands, are in dwindling state and need scientific inputs for their revegitation involving tree, grass and legume components. Further, there is wide gap between demand and supply of food, fuel wood, fodder, fibre and medicine, etc.
Since the gargantuan relevance of these issues it was thought by many contributions of this volume that recent developments in environment, agroforestry and livestock production may be dealt together as a Felicitation volume in the honour of a senior colleague, Dr. Prem Shanker Pathak, who devoted his career researching on these lines. In this book 31 chapters covering wider topics in the field of environment, agroforestry and livestock management have been included. Subjects such as changing concepts in ecology, environmental sciences and grassland ecology; current trends and emerging scenario in Indian agriculture; agro-biodiversity and its conservation; silvi-pastoral research and management; water issues; agroforestry for different regions having specific goals; role of trees in carbon sequestration and soil amelioration have been incorporated under different chapters contributed by subject specialists. Under the sub-theme livestock, various aspects such as livestock and agroforestry interactions; reproduction disorders; methane emission and environment and other management issues have been highlighted. To make the document policy oriented aspects on intellectual property rights in relation to forage and livestock feeding; role of biotechnology in livestock and crop production and climate change and its consequences for crop production have been discussed."
