Covering a wide array of topics on the status and challenges of organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues, etc., in food crops, vegetable crops, and sugarcane, this new volume addresses how organic farming is an attractive option toward the reduction of toxic emissions produced from traditional agriculture and how it can help mitigate the deleterious effects on crops from climate change. With a focus primarily on India but with application elsewhere in the agricultural world, the volume looks at organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health, sugarcane productivity and sugar industry by-products, nutritional management in system-based organic farming, the management of pests in organic farming, the use of vermiculture as an important method for organic farming, and much more. The volume also looks at the issues and challenges in the marketing of organic produce.
Author(s): D. P. Singh, H. G. Prakash, M. Swapna, S. Solomon
Publisher: CRC Press/Apple Academic Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 583
City: Palm Bay
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
About the Editors
Table of Contents
Contributors
Abbreviations
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Organic Agriculture in India: An Overview
2. Organic Farming: Issue and Challenges in India
3. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture in India
4. Organic Farming for Adaptation and Mitigating Impact of Climate Change for Ensuring Rural Livelihood Security
5. Organic Vegetable Production under Protected Conditions
6. Organic Farming: Issues and Strategies for Improved Production
7. Status and Scope of Organic Vegetable Farming Under the Temperate Himalayan Region of Jammu and Kashmir
8. Organic Farming: Perspective in Sustainable Development Under Changing Climatic Conditions
9. Managing Soil and Water Through Organic Farming Methods for Sustainable Agriculture Production
10. Improving Soil Health and Sugarcane Productivity by Managing Crop Residue and Sugar Industry By-products
11. Nutritional Management in System-Based Organic Farming
12. Organic Farming Technology for Mitigating Effects of Climate Change and Ensuring Livelihood Sustainability
13. Organic Horticulture for Sustainable Production and Livelihood Security in Drylands
14. Organic Farming in Vegetable Crops
15. Organic Cultivation of Vegetable Crops
16. Organic Farming in Vegetables: An Opportunity for Sustainable Production and Livelihood Enhancement
17. Organic Pest Management: Emerging Trends and Future Thrusts
18. Ecoorganic Agriculture Toward Climate Resilience and Livelihood Security: True Agrarian Development Perspective
19. Organic Jaggery Production
20. Organic Vegetable Production: Needs, Challenges, and Strategies
21. Traditional Kalanamak Rice-Based Organic Production System in Northeastern Uttar Pradesh
22. On-Farm Production of Quality Inputs for Organic Production of Horticultural Crops
23. Organic Farming for Sustainable Production of Sugarcane
24. Prospects of Endophytic Association of Beauveria bassiana in Pest Management Under Organic Farming
25. Earthworms: An Important Ingredient for Organic Farming
26. Issues and Challenges in Marketing of Organic Produce in India
27. Perspectives and Potentials of Organic Farming in Sugarcane Cultivation
28. Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture and Livelihood Security under Changing Climatic Conditions
29. Prospects of Organic Farming in Uttar Pradesh
30. Bio-Organic Approach: Success Story of Organic Farming at Bafna Farms, Pune
31. Organic Farming of Leafy Vegetables for Mitigating Hunger
32. Organic Production of Basmati Rice
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