Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture Advances for Smallholder Farming Systems Volume 1

This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change. The systems covered include crop-based agricultural production, as well as aquaculture and livestock production as related systems using similar techniques to combat food security issues brought about by climate change and resource overuse. The chapters detail innovations involving crop diversification, soil resilience management, geoinformatics and land suitability monitoring for smart farming, information technology in livestock production, and nutrient resource management in fishery aquaculture. Researchers, practitioners and industries will be able to use this information to implement socially and economically sustainable practices to achieve food security in impoverished areas vulnerable to climate change, while also learning about the rapid evolution in information technology that is applicable for and available to small holder farmers.  

 

Volume 1 focuses on current innovations in agricultural and livestock practices in response to climate change. It covers the technological challenges, approaches and mitigation strategies encountered by both scholars and practitioners working in livestock and agricultural production systems impacted by climate change.

Chapter1. Impact of future climate change on Agriculture, Livestock Production and Aquaculture: Challenges and Policy.- Chapter2. Managing agricultural nitrogen losses in crop production and mitigation of climate change effects.- Chapter3. Critical analysis and evaluation of groundnut value chain for revamping its production for global food security.- Chapter4. Aluminum uptake, callose accumulation and invertase activity in lowland and upland rice genotypes in related to aluminum stress tolerance.- Chapter5. Gender issues in farming — Challenging socially embedded positions in agrarian context.- Chapter6. Characterization and Appraisal of Crop based Farming System for Sustainable Development of Agriculture.- Chapter7. Nitrogen based for farming system.- Chapter8. Resilience for salt tolerance in rice cultivars using various strategies of conventional breeding, molecular breeding and transgenic approaches.- Chapter9. Geoinformation for land suitability modelling for climate smart farming in Africa.- Chapter10. Climate Change Adaptation: Remote Sensing-based Flood Crop Loss Assessment to Support Crop Insurance.- Chapter11. Smallholder Pig value chains development and livelihood security.- Chapter12. Revolutionizing impact of poultry resources in food security and rural economy.- Chapter13. Milk and Milk Product Safety and Quality Assurance for Achieving Better Public Health Outcomes.- Chapter14. Diversification in Aquaculture Resources and Practices for Smallholder Farmers.- Chapter15. Value addition in meat and fish products for human health and nutrition.- Chapter16. Indian Fish as Bioindicators species.- Chapter17. Conclusion. 

Arvind Kumar a renowned educationist and researcher having more than four decades of experience, has been given the responsibility as first Vice-Chancellor, since May 2014, by the President of India to develop the campus and academic program of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, an Institution of National Importance. Prior to this assignment, Prof. Kumar worked as Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR, New Delhi from 2009 to 2014; held the additional charge of Deputy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi, for about 5 months; and was the Director of the Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur from 2002 to 2009. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) (2012) and a fellow of the International Society of Noni Science (2018). He has been also the President of ISOS, ISA, and SRMR. Prof. Kumar received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his significant contributions to agronomy and rapeseed mustard from the Indian Society of Agronomy and Society for Rapeseed-Mustard Research. He has been a member of the Board of Management of several nationally reputed institutions like IARI; GBPUA&T; CAU, Imphal; SKUAS&T, Jammu; and NDRI, Karnal. During his professional career at GBPUA&T, Pantnagar, for about 27 years, he was involved in teaching, research, and extension education and was also assigned various responsibilities, including Joint Director Extension. For his outstanding contributions to the field of rapeseed-mustard research, he was given “Membership” by the International Consultative Group for Research on Rapeseed, Paris (France) from India. Prof. Kumar has been honored for his professional achievements with several awards and fellowships. He has published more than 160 research papers in Indian and foreign journals, 90 popular articles, 60 books/booklets/chapters, and presented more than 200 papers in national and international conferences on aspects of oilseed research and management. He has visited 24 countries for professional reasons and holds a vast National and International experience.

Pavan Kumar is an Assistant Professor (Wildlife Biology) in the Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P., India. He obtained his Ph.D. degrees from the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He did B.Sc (Botany) and M.Sc (Environmental Science) from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and subsequently obtained a Master’s Degree in Remote Sensing (M.Tech) from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, India. His current research interests include forest, resilient agriculture and climate change studies. He is recipient of Innovation China National Academy Award for Remote Sensing. Dr. Kumar has published more than 60 research papers in international journals as well as authored several books and presented more than 40 papers in national and international conferences. He has visited countries like the USA, France, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Indonesia, Brazil, and Malaysia for various academic/scientific assignments, workshops, and conferences. Dr. Kumar is member of the International Associations for Vegetation Science, USA, and the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing, Malaysia.

S. S. Singh is Director of Extension Education, Rani Laxmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, U.P. He has served as director of ICAR-Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute, Kolkata (2017-2020). Dr. Singh has handled 16 foreign/externally funded projects on natural resource management, crop management, livelihood development, and crop improvement funded by DFID, IFAD, USAID, BMGF, IRRI, CIMMYT, Ford Foundation, and European Union. As an agronomist, he has contributed to the development of five rice varieties which have been released by CVRC and Bihar SVRC and are suitable for aerobic drought prone, late direct seeding, contingency cropping, and rainfed lowland conditions. He has published 115 research papers, 6 books, 20 book chapters, 15 technical bulletins, 135 papers in proceedings/ symposiums/seminars, 50 popular articles, and 40 extension folders. He has visited the USA, the UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, and Nepal. He is recipient of Rajeev Gandhi Gyan Vigyan Award from the Ministry of Home Affairs, FAI award, Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR, and Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR in Social Science.

Bambang Hendro Trisasongko is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Soil Science and Land Resources, and a member of the Geospatial Information and Technologies for the Intelligent and Integrative Agriculture (GITIIA) research program at Bogor Agricultural University, B