BookManoj Kumar Jhariya, Ram Swaroop Meena, Arnab Banerjee, editors.
Summary: Ecological intensification involves using natural resources such as land, water, soil nutrients, and other biotic and abiotic variables in a sustainable way to achieve high performance and efficiency in agricultural yield with minimal damage to the agroecosystems. With increasing food demand there is high pressure on agricultural systems. The concept of ecological intensification presents the mechanisms of ensuring high agricultural productivity by restoration the soil health and landscape ecosystem services. The approach involves the replacement of anthropogenic inputs with eco-friendly and sustainable alternates. Effective ecological intensification requires an understanding of ecosystems services, ecosystem's components, and flow of resources in the agroecosystems. Also, awareness of land use patterns, socio-economic factors, and needs of the farmer community plays a crucial role. It is therefore essential to understand the interaction of ecosystem constituents within the extensive agricultural landscape. The editors critically examined the status of ecological stress in agroecosystems and address the issue of ecological intensification for natural resources management. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, the book is offering an up-to-date account, and insight into the approaches that can be put in practice for poly-cropping systems and landscape-scale management to increase the stability of agricultural production systems to achieve Ecological resilience. It further discusses the role of farmer communities and the importance of their awareness about the issues. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, agronomy, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be a useful read for green future.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Ecological Intensification of Natural Resources towards Sustainable Productive System
Chapter 2. Ecologically Harmonized Agricultural Management for Global Food Security
Chapter 3. Ecological Intensification: A Step towards Biodiversity Conservation and Management of Terrestrial Landscape
Chapter 4. Climate Change and Agricultural Sustainable Intensification in the Arid Lands
Chapter 5. Ecological Intensification for Sustainable Development
Chapter 6. Ecological Intensification for Sustainable Agriculture in South Asia
Chapter 7. Ecological Intensification for Sustainble Agriculture and Environment in India
Chapter 8. Mulching and Weed Management towards Sustainability
Chapter 9. Vertical Greenhouses Agro-technology- Solution toward Environmental Problems
chapter 10. Bioremediation of Lead Contaminated Soils for Sustainable Agriculture
Chapter 11. Pollination and Ecological Intensification: A Way towards Green Revolution
Chapter 12. Ecosystem Services of Himalayan Alder
Chapter 13. Soil Carbon Stock and Sequestration: Implications for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation
Chpater 14. Ecomodelling towards Natural Resource Management and Sustainability
Chapter 15. Ecological Intensification for Sustainable Agriculture: The Nigerian Perspective
Chapter 16. Eco-designing for Sustainability
Chpater 17. Ecological Intensification: Towards Food and Environmental Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 18. Eco-intensified Breeding Strategies for Improving Climate Resilience in Goats.