@article{1439121,
      recid = {1439121},
      author = {Jayaraman, Somasundaram, and Dalal, Ram C., and Patra,  Ashok K., and Chaudhari, Suresh K.,},
      title = {Conservation agriculture : a sustainable approach for soil  health and food security /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {Feeding the increasing global population, which is  projected to reach ~10 billion by 2050, there has been  increasing demands for more improved/sustainable  agricultural management practices that can be followed by  farmers to improve productivity without jeopardizing the  environment and ecosystem. Indeed, about 95% of our food  directly or indirectly comes from soil. It is a precious  resource, and sustainable soil management is a critical  socio-economic and environmental issue. Maintaining the  environmental sustainability while the world is facing  resource degradation, increasing climate change and  population explosion is the current challenge of every food  production sectors. Thus, there is an urgent need to evolve  a holistic approach such as conservation agriculture to  sustain higher crop productivity in the country without  deteriorating soil health. Conservation Agriculture (CA),  is a sustainable approach to manage agro-ecosystems in  order to improve productivity, increase farm profitabilty  and food security and also enhance the resource base and  environment. Worldwide, it has been reported various  benefits and prospects in adopting CA technologies in  different agro-climatic conditions. Yet, CA in arid and  semi-arid regions of India and parts of south Asia raises  uncertainities due to its extreme climates, large scale  residue burning, soil erosion and other constraints such as  low water holding capacity, high potential  evapotranspiration, etc . Thus, the proposed book has 30  chapters addressing all issues relevant to conservation  agriculture/no-till farming system. The book also gives  further strengthening existing knowledge in relation to  soil physical, chemical and biological processes and health  within close proximity of CA as well as machinery  requirements. Moreover, the information on carbon (C)  sequestration, C credits, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission,  mitigation of climate change effects and socio-economic  view on CA under diverse ecologies namely rainfed,  irrigated and hill eco-region is also deliberated. For  large scale adoption of CA practices in South Asian region  especially in India and other countries need dissemination  of best-bet CA technologies for dominant soil  types/cropping systems through participatory mode, strong  linkages and institutional mechanism and  public-private-policy support. We hope this book gives a  comprehensive and clear picture about conservation  agriculture/no-till farming and its associated problem,  challenges, prospects and benefits. This book shall be  highly useful reference material to researchers,  scientists, students, farmers and land managers for  efficient and sustainable management of natural resources.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1439121},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0827-8},
}