Conservation Agriculture: An Approach to Combat Climate Change in Indian Himalaya

This book showcases a compilation of case studies presented by scientists, teachers and academics and covers contemporary technologies for combating climate change, including sustainable agricultural management practices and conservation agriculture. It highlights the situations that future generations in the Indian Himalayas will face, and addresses the major challenges for tomorrow’s generations in their efforts to ensure sufficient food production for the global population. It also sheds light on the factors that are routinely ignored in connection with agricultural management practices for sustainable food production and risk assessment. Lastly, it illustrates the need to develop a comprehensive master plan for strategic planning, including conservation agriculture practices that address poverty and food security in the wake of climate change impacts.

Dr. Jaideep Kumar Bisht is currently working as Principal Scientist & Head of Crop Production Division in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Dr. Vijay Singh Meena is currently working as Scientist in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra is currently working as Principal Scientist in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Dr. Arunava Pattanayak is currently working as Director in ICAR-Vivekananda Institute of Hill Agriculture, Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Meena VS, Meena SK, Verma JP, Meena RS, Ghosh BN, 2015. The needs of nutrient use efficiency for sustainable agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production. 102, 562–563.

Meena VS, Maurya BR, Verma JP, Aeron A, Kumar A, Kim K, Bajpai VK, 2015. Potassium solubilizing rhizobacteria (KSR): Isolation, identification, and K-release dynamics from waste mica. Ecological Engineering. 81, 340–347.

Tuti, M.D., Pal, R.S., Kumar, R., Bisht, J.K. and Bhatt, J.C. (2015). Colocasia-based cropping systems affects the antioxidants properties and productivity of colocasia (Colocasia esculanta (L.) Schott) tuber. The Bioscan . 10(1):117-123.

Yadav, R.P. and Bisht, J.K. (2014). Litter fall and potential returns from Pecan nut (Carya illinoinensis) in agroforestry system in Indian Himalaya. International Journal of Herbal Medicine. (2)1.51-52.

Selvakumar, Govindan, Joshi, Piyush, Suyal, Preeti, Gopal. Joshi, K., Mishra Pankaj K.,Venugopalan, R. Bisht, Jaideep K., Bhatt, Jagdish. C. and Gupta, Hari S. (2013) Rock phosphate solubilization by psychrotolerant Pseudomonads and their effect on lentil (Lens culinaris) growth and nutrient uptake under poly house condition. Annals Microbiology, 63(4): 1353-1362.