Farm Sector Development : Emerging Issues
Contents: 1. Agrometerology for potential crop productivity/Sarat Chandra Panda. 2. Integrated Farming Systems in Indian Agriculture/R.M. Solanki and V.D. Khanpara. 3. Organic farming-concept and its relevance/Bijan Kumar Mandal and Gopal Chandra Setua. 4. Organic farming: Need for pragmatic approach/Md. Nasim Ali. 5. Integrated Nutrient management for higher productivity of crops under intensive cropping/K.P. Patel. 6. Integrated farming: A Pargmatic livelihood system/Chandra Sekhar Chakrabarti. 7. Water Management: Key for food security and farm sector development/Souvik Ghosh. 8. Biodiveristy conservation in the context to the society/H.L. Dhaduk and V.P. Chovatia. 9. Farmers’ rights: An essential component of IPR Under Indian circumstance/Bidhan Roy. 10. Cropping systems in plantation garden/Arun Kumar Sit and George V. Thomas. 11. Agro-processing and preservation of farm produce/D.M. Vyas, V.K. Chandegara, M.N. Dabh and P.R. Davar. 12. Commercial floriculture- a lucrative and nascent farm sector in India/Debasish Mukherjee and M.K. Singh. 13. Preparedness and disaster management to protect livestock wealth/Suresh S. Honnappagol. 14. Modelling the adoption of organic agriculture: Need for local perception/Rupak Goswami and Md. Nasim Ali. 15. Community based entrepreneurship development in agriculture: Challenges and opportunities/Arup Sarkar. 16. New Horizon of rural co-operative: An instrument of social empowerment/Rajesh Das and Bapan Dan. 17. Research on climate change adaptation: Note for agricultural extension scientists/Rupak Goswami. 18. Agriculture development through management and job performance/V.J. Savaliya and M.N. Popat. 19. Harnessing ICT Potentials for empowering rural folk/Dipak De and Basavaprabhu Jirli. 20. Information and communication technology and distance education/Debabrata Das Gupta and Anindita Saha. 21. Indigenous Knowledge systems: Its assessment documentation and validation/Provat Kumar Pal and Debabrata Das Gupta. 22. Socialization of agricultural technology for knowledge intensive agricultural society/Kaushik Pradhan. 23. Extension strategies and sustainable pest management practices/Sarthak Chowdhury and Prabuddha Ray. 24. Group dynamics – Need for group action/Chakradhar Satapathy and Sabita Mishra. 25. Market Led extension-concepts and issues/Amindita Saha and Debabrata Das Gupta. 26. Privatization of extension/Santosh Kumar Rout, Chakradhar Satpathy and Debabarata Das Gupta. 27. Contract farming in India-opportunities and challenges/Rabinarayan Senapati, Debabrata Das Gupta, D.P. Roy and Ashish Roy. 28. Societal dimension in agricultural and rural development/Debabrata Das Gupta. Index.
The farm sector in developing countries in general and India in particular has undergone remarkable change with concurrent several structure and other adjustments in recent decade (s). As a result of such phenomena several pressing issues/concerns have concomitantly emerged out. Serious appraisal of all such emerging Areas/concerns needs to be undertaken by the academicians, policy-makers, planners and activists. This type of introspection and retrospection have become immensely essential for keeping peace with enlarged demands form land based enterprises. In this context this book on farm sector development – emerging issues concentrates. This volume contains the issues like climate and globate warming, integrated farming systems, concepts and pragmatism in organic farming, IPNM, water management, biodiversity phenomena, multi-tier cropping system, agro-processing and preservation, commercial floriculture, ICT, management factors, assessment, documentation and validation of IKS, Socialization of agro-technology, extension strategy for IPM practices, market led extension system, privatization in extension service, contract farming and societal perspectives in farm sector development.
