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Full Description
This book documents information on adaptive agro-management approaches ensuring environmental sustainability. It covers recent sustainable agro-techniques of farming used in developed, developing and under-developed countries such as carbon neutral farming, organic agriculture, use of slow-release fertilizers, nano-agriculture, crop residue management, biochar, vermicompost, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, advanced water used technologies, microbial fertilizers, and ecological farming.
Features:
Provides detailed contextual information on sustainable agriculture.
Discusses adaptation of major agricultural crops against recent global climate change scenario.
Reviews scientific advances in nano-agrotechnology.
Covers various alternatives of synthetic fertilizers, their mode of action, and their efficiency and preparation methodology.
Includes pertinent case studies.
This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in environmental science, agriculture engineering and ecological engineering, and sustainable agriculture.
Contents
Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
About the Editors xi
List of Contributors xiii
Chapter 1 Socio‑economic factors shaping synthetic fertilizer usage patterns and environmental implications 1
Preeti Agarwal, Reema Mishra, Garvita Singh,
Akanksha Madan, Adwaita Prasad Parida
and Renu Soni
Chapter 2 Enhancements to soil ‑ health, soil carbon sequestration, and climate change mitigation are possible through agroforestry 22
Charu Kalra, Shikha Prasad, Dolly Kain and Reeta Kumari
Chapter 3 Nano‑fertilizers: Unlocking potential and addressing challenges for sustainable agriculture 32
Madhulika Singh and Sunil Kumar Singh
Chapter 4 Nano‑fertilizers: A silver lining for sustainable farming 71
Shrishti Naidu, Jyotsna Pandey, Amit Roy, Indrakant K Singh
and Archana Singh
Chapter 5 Sustainable agriculture: Role of PGPMs 92
Rajni Gupta, Ram Babu, Gaurav Chugh, Sudeepta Sharma
and Arushi Jindal
Chapter 6 New insights into vermicomposting for sustainable agriculture 108
Shukla Saluja
Chapter 7 Adoption of nanotechnology in agricultural practices for sustainable crop production 125
Swati Sachdev
Chapter 8 Role of nanotechnology in moving towards sustainable agriculture 140
Seema Talwar, Jitender Singh Bamel, Prabhavathi, Alisha
Parveen and Kiran Bamel
Chapter 9 Multifarious roles of organic residues and abiotic factors in agriculture for environmental sustainability 154
Shikha Srivastava and Vijaya Kumar Nalla
Chapter 10 Vermicompost: An eco‑friendly approach for sustainable agriculture 165
Reeta Kumari, Dolly Kain, Shikha Prasad and Charu Kalra
Chapter 11 AI‑enhanced agriculture: Innovative technologies and emerging trends 173
Susmita Karmakar, Tamoghno Basu, Biswajit Kar,
Avimanu Sharma, Arif Jamal Siddique, Ritu Singh,
Sanjeev Kumar and Gautam Saha
Index 181
