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Sustainable agriculture towards food security / Arulbalachandran Dhanarajan, editor.

World's population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. To meet the food demands of the exponentially increasing population, a massive food production is necessary. Agricultural production on land and aquatic systems pose negative impacts on the earth's ecosy...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Dhanarajan, Arulbalachandran
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2017.
Subjects:
Sustainable agriculture.
Food security.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Agriculture and Food Security
  • 1. Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture
  • 2. Nutritive Value, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
  • An Integrated Approach
  • Part II. Conventional Farming
  • 3. Insights of Novel Breeding Strategies in Sustainable Crop Production
  • 4. Insect Pests and Crop Productivity
  • 5. ABA Mediated Drought Stress Resistance in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture
  • 6. Sustainable Power Production from Plant-Mediated Microbial Fuel Cells
  • Part III. Organic Farming
  • 7. Role of Organic Amendments in Sustainable Agriculture
  • 8. Plant Growth Promoting Microbes
  • A Boon for Sustainable Agriculture
  • 9. Seaweed: a Fertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture
  • Part IV. Alternative Food Sources
  • 10. Algae for Sustainable Food Security
  • A Nutrient Rich Food Source
  • 11. Sustainable Food Security
  • Edible and Medicinal Mushroom
  • 12. Contributions to a Sustainable Production of Food of Animal Origin
  • Part V. Biotechnology
  • 13. Role of Plant Tissue Culture for Improving the Food Security in India
  • A Review Update
  • 14. Phytochemical Screening of Transgenic and Non-Transgenic Leguminous Plants
  • 15. Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Anther Explants: Towards Development of an Efficient Protocol Production of Grapevine
  • Part VI. Soil Health
  • 16. Soil Security
  • A Key Role for Sustainable Food Productivity
  • 17. Amelioration of Environmental Stress for Sustainable Crop Productivity
  • 18. Strategies of Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Pollutants Towards Sustainable Agriculture
  • 19. Xenobiotic Mediated Toxicity in Modern Agricultural Practices
  • 20. Solid State Fermentation Utilizing Agro-Industrial Waste for Microbial Pigment Production.

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