Sustainable Agriculture for Food Security: A Global Perspective (Hardcover)

PART I: GLOBAL AGRICULTURE: FEARS AND FACTS 1. Global Perspective of Agriculture Systems: From Ancient Times to Modern Era Acharya Balkrishna, Gunjan Sharma, Nidhi Sharma, Pawan Kumar, Rashmi Mittal, and Razia Parveen 2. Rainfed Agriculture: Giant Strides of Current Farming Practices Jawahar Lal Dwivedi, Ritika Joshi, Vedpriya Arya, and Vemuri Ravindra Babu 3. Sustainable Irrigation Under Global Context: Surface-, Subsurface-, Surface-Micro-, Subsurface-Micro-, and Ultra Irrigation Megh R. Goyal 4. An Insight of Biological and Ecological Effects of Agrochemicals: A Global Scenario Ashok Kumar Mehta, Rashmi Mittal, and Rishi Verma 5. Organic Farming: A Promising Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Acharya Balkrishna, Priyanka Chaudhary, Ritika Joshi, and Vedpriya Arya PART II: FOOD SECURITY: A REALM OF REALITY 6. Postharvest Management Practice (PHMP): A Systematic Program to Attain Food Security Devika Sharma, Himani Malhotra, and Rashmi Mittal 7. Food Processing, Branding, Retailing: An Industrial Notion towards Monetary Benefits of Agriculture Ashish Dhyani, Pallavi Thakur, and Swami Narsingh Dev 8. Food Adulteration: A Havoc Leading to Extorted Economy Arun Kumar Kushwaha, Pallavi Thakur, Shivam Singh, and Tanuja Gahlot 9. Biofortification: A Way Forward Acharya Balkrishna, Bhoomika Sharma, Rashmi Mittal, and Sherry Bhalla 10. Global Food Traceability: Current Status and Future Prospects Acharya Balkrishna, Parshottam Rupala, Divya Jyoti, and Vedpriya Arya 11. Virtual Farmer’s Market: A Single-Step Solution to Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security Acharya Balkrishna, Kailash Choudhary, Ashish Dhyani, and Vedpriya Arya