Farm Sectors Development : Emerging Issues

Farm Sectors Development : Emerging Issues by Gupta D Das

Book Summary:

The farm sector in developing countries in general and India in particular has undergone remarkable changes with concurrent several structural 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 pace with enlarged demands from land based enterprises. In this context this book on "FARM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT – EMERGING ISSUES" concentrates.

Audience of the Book :

This book Useful for Agronomy.

Table of Contents:

1. Agrometeorology for Potential Crop Productivity

2. Integrated Farming Systems in Indian Agriculture

3. Organic Farming – Concept and its Relevance

4. Organic Farming: Need for Pragmatic Approach

5. Integrated Nutrient Management for Higher Productivity of Crops Under Intensive Cropping

6. Integrated Farming: A Pragmatic Livelihood System

7. Water Management: Key for Food Security and Farm Sector Development

8. Biodiversity Conservation in the Context to the Society

9. Farmers' Rights: An Essential Component of IPR Under Indian Circumstance

10. Cropping Systems in Plantation Garden

11. Agro-Processing and Preservation of Farm Produce

12. Commercial Floriculture – A Lucrative and Nascent Farm Sector in India

13. Preparedness and Disaster Management to Protect Livestock Wealth

14. Modelling the Adoption of Organic Agriculture: Need for Local Perception

15. Community Based Entrepreneurship Development in Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities

16. New Horizon of Rural Co-Operative - An Instrument of Social Empowerment

17. Research on Climate Change Adaptation: Note for Agricultural Extension Scientists

18. Agriculture Development through Management and Job Performance

19. Harnessing ICT Potentials for Empowering Rural Folk

20. Information and Communication Technology and Distance Education

21. Indigenous Knowledge System: Its Assessment, Documentation and Validation

22. Socialization of Agricultural Technology for Knowledge Intensive Agricultural Society

23. Extension Strategies and Sustainable Pest Management Practices

24. Group Dynamics – Need for Group Action

25. Market Led Extension- Concepts and Issues

26. Privatization of Extension

27. Contract Farming in India – Opportunities and Challenges

28. Societal Dimension in Agricultural and Rural Development