The book presents a comprehensive overview of the potential areas for transformative Indian agriculture, focusing on innovations in science, technology, institutional, and policy affairs, with the goal of building a self-reliant India (Atmanirbhar Bharat). It addresses the challenges of eradicating hunger, poverty, and undernutrition, and offers interventions that prioritize inclusivity, sustainability, peace, and prosperity, as well as resilience to climate and other uncertainties. The books 36 chapters cover a range of priority areas, including: accelerated and sustainable agricultural production, doubling farmers income through diversification and market linkages, promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging innovations in science and technology, managing value chains and preventing post-harvest losses, ensuring remunerative prices and market reforms, implementing climate-smart agriculture, developing secondary agriculture, securing water resources, improving soil health, managing crop health and pests, adopting agro-biodiversity, investing in renewable energy, utilizing Artificial Intelligence, and creating a knowledge platform to transform India. Additionally, the book addresses critical development needs in fragile ecosystems such as coastal, desert, hill, and marginal ecosystems, and provides policy options and pathways for transforming Indian agriculture to achieve Atmanirbhar Bharat. The book serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, development communities, and academicians.
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Theme 1: Agriculture Sector in India: Challenges Now and in Future1. Indian Agriculture: Issues, Challenges and Priorities — P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Chakraborty, Debashis Mandal and Prabhat Kumar 2. Innovations in Agriculture: An Overview Theme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement — Jagdish Kumar, P.N. Sivalingam, Mallikarjuna, J, S.K. Jain Sridhar, J, K. Kiran Kumar, Sujay Anand and P.K. Ghosh Theme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement 3. New Plant Breeding Techniques and Current Trends in Plant Breeding Research — Kumar Durgesh, Gyan P. Mishra, Rekha Joshi and S.M.S. Tomar 4. Innovations in Seed Sector and Its Regulations for Atmanirbhar Bharat — D. Vijay 5. Innovations on Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture in India — K.K. Gangopadhyay, Anuradha Agrawal, Gowthami R. 6. Innovations to Make India Self-Reliant in Edible Oil Production: The Story of Oil Palm Theme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management — R.K. Mathur, K. Manorama, B. Kalyanababu, G. Ravichandran, K. Ramachandrudu and M.V. Prasad Theme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management 7. Natural Resource Management for Building a Self-Reliant India — Debashis Mandal, Nishita Giri, Gopal Kumar and Raman Jeet Singh 8. Innovations in Water Management in Agriculture — K.G. Mandal, Dibakar Ghosh, Amod K. Thakur and R.K. Mohanty 9. Innovations of Controlling Desertification and in Renewable Energy — Priyabrata Santra, Mahesh Kumar, N.R. Panwar, R.K. Goyal, H.M. Meena, R.N. Kumawat, Akath Singh and B.L. Manjunatha 10. Innovations on Climate Smart Agriculture and Structural Reforms for Self-Reliant India — Gouranga Kar and Ritesh Saha 11. Carbon Neutral Roadmap for Green India — Shrikant Badole, Dibakar Roy, Love Kumar Singh, Ashim Datta 12. Innovative Solutions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions — P. Bhattacharyya, S. Neogi, S.R. Padhy, P.K. Dash 13. Disaster Management: New Strategies — Joydeep Mukherjee and K.K. Bandyopadhyay Theme 4: Innovations and Strategies for Biotic Stress Management 14. New Innovations and Approaches for Biotic Stress Management of Crops — Kiran Kumar, J. Sridhar, V.K. Choudhary, H.K. Singh, B. Parameshwari, K.M. Senthil Kumar, Bhimeshwari Sahu, Narasimham Dokka, P.N.Sivalingam 15. Pest and Disease Monitoring and Surveillance for Ensuring Food Security — S.N. Mandal and Parimal Sinha 16. Novel Approaches for Biotic Stress Management in the Emerging Production System — Jeer, M, Sahu, M.P.and Choudhary, V.K. Theme 5: Innovative Technologies for Agroecosystem Development 17. Innovations on Farming System Models — U. K. Behera 18. Innovative Farming Systems for Self-Reliance of Farmers in Eastern India — M.S. Malik, P.K. Ghosh, Pinaky Rai, Nikita Kumari and Christina Minz 19. Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Necessary Structural Reforms for Self-Reliancy — R. Kaushal, S.B. Chavan, A.K. Handa, R. Dhiman, D. Mandal, Chhavi Sirohi, and O.P. Chaturvedi 20. Innovations on Hill Agriculture: Research and Development — Anup Das, Lopa Mudra Sahoo, Subhra Saikat Roy, Jayanta Layek, Raghavendra Singh, G.S. Yadav, Saurav Saha, M.A. Ansari, Vinay Singh, Subhash Babu, K.P. Mohapatra and B.K. Kandpal 21. Innovative Approaches for Agriculture in Coastal Fragile Ecosystem in India — Uttam Kumar Mandal, Subhasis Mandal, Tashi Dorjee Lama and Dhiman Burman 22. Structural Reforms for Inclusive Agricultural Growth and Self-Reliance of Bundelkhand Region — Sunil Kumar, Gaurendra Gupta, A.K. Handa and P.K. Ghosh Theme 6: New Science and Speciality Agriculture 23. New Vistas in Secondary Agriculture — Krishnasree, V., Sujatha R., Seema, B.R. and Archana, P. 24. Trends in Hi-Tech Agriculture Sector — Prabhat Kumar, S. Gorantiwar, S.M. More, Awani Kumar Singh and Pinaki Roy 25. Use of Space Technology in Agriculture: Innovations for a Change of Paradigm — Debashis Chakraborty, Sunayan Saha and Saurav Saha 26. Role of Digital Solutions in Agricultural Sector — Gopal, U. Shinde, Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh 27. Waste to Wealth: Innovative Ideas and Technological Initiatives — Shiv Dhar, Renu Singh, Manoj Shrivastava and Seema Sangwan 28. Post-harvest Management Through Convergence of Innovation and Technology — Sudheer K.P., Sreelakshmi, K. Unni and Vithu Prabha Theme 7: Research and Development in Allied Sectors 29. Research and Development, Innovations in Livestock and Fodder Sector — Sunil Kumar, B.G. Shivakumar, S.K. Mahanta, Deepak Upadhyay and P.K. Ghosh 30. New Developments in Fisheries Sector Theme 8: Agricultural Education, Extension and Socio-economic Reforms — Gopal Krishna 31. Innovations and Reforms in Agricultural Marketing — R.S. Pundir, Ganga Devi and Rachana Bansal 32. Innovations in Infrastructure Development for Agricultural Growth — Pawanexh Kohli, Raka Saxena, Ritambhara Singh and Vinita Kanwal 33. Innovations on Extension Models for Self-Reliant India — P. Mooventhan, R. Roy Burman and Souvik Ghosh 34. Innovations on Agricultural Education and Policy — Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh 35. Structural Reforms of KVK for Atmanirbhar Bharat — Subrata Kumar Roy, Jyotirmayee Udgata and Partha Pratim Pal Theme 9: Governance and Policy Reforms 36. Governance and Policy Reforms — P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Mandal, Debashis Chakraborty and Prabhat Kumar
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ISBN
9789390591534
Publisert
2021-03-06
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New India Publishing Agency
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1400 gr
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P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Antall sider
808
Om bidragsyterne
P.K. Ghosh, Director and Vice Chancellor, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-493 225, India; Former National Coordinator, ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, KAB-II, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India; Former Director, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh-284 003, IndiaPrabhat Kumar, National Coordinator, ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, KAB-II, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India
Debashis Chakraborty, Principal Scientist and National Fellow (ICAR), Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India
Debashis Mandal, Principal Scientist and National Fellow (ICAR), Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, 218, Kaulagarh Road, Near SBI Bank, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248 195, India
P.N. Sivalingam, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-493 225, India