Towards Organic Agriculture

Contents: I. Region Specific Status and Prospects: 1. Organic farming: concept, status and future concerns/B. Gangwar and N.K. Jat. 2. Organic agriculture in North Eastern hill region/Jayanta Layek, Anup Das, G.I. Ramkrushna and Badapmain Makdoh. 3. Organic agriculture in hill areas/Dibakar Mahanta, J.K. Bisht and J.C. Bhatt. 4. Organic agriculture in coastal areas/A. Velmurugan, T.P. Swarnam, N. Ravisankar, T. Subramani, S. Swain and I. Jaisankar. 5. Organic agriculture in arid areas/N.R. Panwar, B.G. Chhipa and Khushbu Khichi. II. Crop Based Management: 6. Tillage and crop establishment under organic agricultural systems/K.K. Singh. 7.  Nutrient management in organic agriculture systems/S S Pal. 8. Organic inputs for sustained soil health/A V Ramanjaneyulu, D. Kumara Charyulu, T.L. Neelima and D. Moses Shyam. 9. Enhancing soil suppressiveness by using compost for managing soil-borne plant pathogens in organic farming/Ritu Mawar and Manish Mathur. 10. Organic fruit production: technologies and strategies/Santosh Choudhary, Pradeep Kumar and M.L. Mehriya. 11. Organic spices/M. Anandaraj, V. Srinivasan and R. Dinesh. 12. Organic vegetables/Poonam Kashyap, Dushyant Mishra, Vijay Singh Meena, Sunil Kumar and Avinash Kansal. 13. Seed spice production under organic system/Ravindra Singh, R S Mehta, G. Lal and Balraj Singh. 14. Organic cultivation of high value crops under protected conditions/Balraj Singh, Gopal Lal, R S Mehta and Ravindra Singh. 15. Weed management in organic farming/V. Nepaliya. 16. Insect pest and disease management under organic farming/S M Haldhar, G C Jat, H L Deshwal, J S Gora and Dhurendra Singh. 17. Post-harvest management and quality of organic produce/Amit Nath and Debashis Dutta. III. Livestock Based Management: 18. Organic livestock production systems/K. Ponnusamy. 19. Organic fodder and milk production/D.R. Palsaniya and S B. Maity. 20. Organic poultry farming/S. Malik. 21. Organic aquaculture/A K Prusty and Poonam Kashyap. IV. Some Questions: 22. Frequently asked questions on organic farming/N K Jat, B. Gangwar and N. Ravisankar.