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Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability is an invaluable resource focussing on the current state of knowledge and scientific advances about the complex and intertwined issues of innovation and how they relate to livelihood of small-scale farmers. This book exposes readers with a holistic overview on how agriculture is most associated with the development and transfer of technologies to farmers and their participation in research and development initiatives to improve the relevancy and usefulness of its outputs and innovation which is not well documented.
The book offers comprehensive coverage of the most essential topics, including:
- Recent scientific advances on agricultural innovations for small farmers.
- Emphasizes on opportunities and constraints of techno-institutional paradigms.
- Highlight low-cost and eco-friendly interventions.
- Case studies on various innovations in agriculture spanning the different agricultural gamut.
Table of Contents
Section I Issues, Ideas and Challenges in Agricultural Sector
1. Factors that Ensure a Sustained and Scaled-Up Delivery of Innovation.
Dominik Klauser
2. Sustaining Smallholder Farming through Collective Action and Entrepreneurship
Jayasree Krishnankutty, Arun Sreekumar, Rajesh K. Raju, and Kadambot H. M. Siddique
3. Technological Innovation Strategy to Strengthen the Competitive Advantages of Smallholder Farmers
E. Cornejo-Velazquez, M. Clavel-Maqueda, O.A. Acevedo-Sandoval, and H. Romero-Trejo
4. Analyses of Rural Infrastructure for Agriculture Development
Firuza Begham Mustafa and Benjamin Ezekiel Bwadi
5. Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment in Small Holdings: A Sustainable Way for Better Livelihood
Riti Chatterjee, Deepa Roy, Gunja Kumari, and Prithusayak Mondal
6. A Pandemic Resilient Framework for Sustainable Soil Health and Food Security: Response beyond COVID-19
Sudip Sengupta, Shubhadip Dasgupta, Kallol Bhattacharyya, Somsubhra Chakraborty, and Pradip Dey
Section II Strategies and Platform for Small Farm Livelihoods: Research and Development
7. Technology and Policy Options: Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture
Rakesh S, Ranjith Kumar G, Anil D, Ravinder Juttu, Kamalakar Jogula, Sharan Bhoopal Reddy, Bairi Raju, Jogarao Poiba, Umarajashekar A, and Ranvir Kumar
8. The Role of Agricultural R&D within the Agricultural Innovation Systems Framework
P. Anandajayasekeram
9. Viable Nutrient Management Options for Sustaining Small Farm Agriculture
S. K. Pedda Ghouse Peera, Satya Prakash Barik, Himansu Sekhar Gouda, Sweta Shikta Mohapatra, Debashis Dash, and Santanu Kumar Patra
10. Improving Livelihood and Farm Income of Small-Scale Farmers through Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture
Girijesh Singh Mahra, V. Sangeetha, Pratibha Joshi, Sujit Sarkar, and Renu Jethi
11. Biogas Technology for Improving Livelihoods and Agricultural Sustainability
Shiv Prasad, Anoop Singh, Dhanya MS, Dheeraj Rathore, and Amitava Rakshit
12. Emerging and Remerging Diseases and Their Innovative Management in Jute and Allied Fiber Crops under Small Farm
A. N. Tripathi
13. Transition toward Agroecology among Family Farmers: Crop Protection Practices
C. A. Costa, A. Aguiar, C. Parente, J. Neto, E. Valério, M. C. Godinho, and E. Figueiredo
14. Does Conservation Agriculture Work for Small-Scale Farmers in Developing Nations? A Mini-Review
Anandkumar Naorem, Shiva Kumar Udayana, and Somasundaram Jayaraman
15. Technological and Social Innovations in the Context of Small Brazilian Rural Properties
Alexandre Marco da Silva
16. Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Crop Production: A Perspective in Small Farm Agriculture
Rubina Khanam, Pedda Ghouse Peera Sheikh Kulsum, Ruma Das, and Sunanda Biswas
Section III Innovative Agriculture-Multi-stakeholder Approach in Different Continents: Practice and Performance
17. Sustainable Intensification of Rice-Based Cropping Systems: Experiences from Eastern India
A. K. Srivastava, Malay K. Bhowmick, Kanwar Singh, Pardeep-Sagwal, S. Khandai, S. K. Dwivedi, Amit K. Srivastava, V. Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Sampad R. Patra, Virender Kumar, and Sudhanshu Singh
18. Scale-Appropriate Mechanization for Improving Productivity, Profitability, and Sustainability of Rice-Based Cropping Systems in India
Pardeep-Sagwal, Suryakanta Khandai, Malay K. Bhowmick, Kanwar Singh, A. K. Srivastava, B. S. Dhillon, S. Rawal, V. Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Sudhanshu Singh, and Virender Kumar
19 Adoption Determinants of Improved Seeds and Technical Efficiency of Ugandan Small Farmers
S. Auci and M. Coromaldi
20 Model for Quality Assessment in Small Farms in Cape Verde
Margarida Saraiva, Álvaro Rosa, Elsa Simões, and António Ramos Pires
21 Adoption of Improved Agronomic Practices by Small Farmers for Sustainable Crop Production: Case Study from Uttar Pradesh, India
P. K. Singh and O. P. Singh
22 Integrated Nutrient Management Technology for Sustainable Vegetable Production in Eastern India
Deblina Ghosh, Snigdha Chatterjee, Kaushik Batabyal, and Sidhu Murmu
23 Micropot Method of Nursery Establishment: An Innovative Approach for Greater Climatic Resilience and Higher Crop Productivity
Sampad R. Patra and Malay K. Bhowmick
24 Farmers’ Innovations in Smallholdings: The Sustainable Transition in Agriculture of West Bengal
Riti Chatterjee, Pravat Utpal Acharjee, Suddhasuchi Das, Amit Baran Sharangi, and Sankar Kumar Acharya
25 Promoting Gender Equality in the Context of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Management Policies in Indian Mid-Himalayas
Kushagra Joshi, Arunava Pattanayak, Renu Jethi, and Vijay Singh Meena
26 Making Rice-Farming System More Climate Resilient and Nutrition Sensitive: Heritage of Kurichiya Tribe Community of Western Ghats
N. Anil Kumar, Merlin Lopus, Raveendran Telapurath, and Vipin das
27 Agricultural Innovation and Technology Adoption among Small-Scale Producers in Developing Countries: Is Biotechnology a Sustainable Alternative?
Alejandro Barragán-Ocaña, Adalberto de Hoyos-Bermea, Katya Amparo Luna-López, and Tamara Arizbe Virgilio-Virgilio
