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Paperback. Condition: New. 1st ed. 2024. This open access volume discloses rich set of findings and policy recommendations for India towards achieving the SDG 2.1 target of zero hunger by 2030. Through its fourteen chapters, it takes an integrated approach by examining diverse aspects of food and nutrition security through multidisciplinary lens of Agricultural Economics, Nutrition, Crop Sciences, Anthropology and Law, while being rooted in economics. The chapters reflect this diversity in disciplines in terms of the questions posed, the data sets used, and the methodologies followed. Starting from the evolution of policy response for hunger and nutrition security, the book covers aspects such gender budgeting, dietary diversity, women's empowerment, calorie intake norms, socio-legal aspects of right to health, subjective wellbeing, bio-fortification, crop insurance and food security linkages, interdependence of public distribution system (for food security) and employment guarantee schemes especially during COVID-19 pandemic, effects of dairy dietary supplements, and so on.  With its rich discussions, the book is compelling for students, researchers, policy makers, development professionals and practitioners working in areas of food and nutrition security, SDGs, in particular SDG1, SDG2 and SDG5, and sustainable food systems.…

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Contents 1 Seed in India present and futureSS Tomar 2 Seed production systems in IndiaSK Rao 3 Seed policy and legislations in IndiaSB Nahatkar 4 An introduction of PPV and FR Act 2001Dhirendra Khare 5 Agronomical consideration during seed certificationBD Ghode 6 Certification for objectionable seed borne diseasesMohan S Bhale 7 Objectionable weeds in seed quality control and their managementAnil Dixit and MS Raghuvanshi 8 Seed processingMK Shrivastava 9 Receipt and registration of samplesJP Lashani 10 Physical purity analysisJP Lakhani 11 Seed germination testingSathrupa Rao 12 Seed viabilitySubrata Sharma 13 Seed moisture testingSubrata Sharma 14 Seed health testingMohan S Bhale 15 Field inspectionDK Mishra 16 Testing of genetic purityDhirendra Khare 17 Seed certification of soybeanAN Shrivastava and MK Shrivastava 18 Seed certification of oil seed cropsPK Moitra 19 Seed certification of wheatRS Shukla 20 Seed certification of maize sorghum and pearl milletPK Jain 21 Certification of GM crops with special reference to BT cottonGK Koutu 22 Seed certification standards of riceGK Koutu 22 Seed certification standards of riceGK Koutu 23 Seed certification of chickpeaAnita Babbar 24 Recent advances in seed production of forage cropsAK Mehta 25 Hybrid seed productionDK Mishra 26 Revised notified seed certification standards Subject indexAvailability of foods grains per person has increased from 452 g per capita per day to over 476 g per capita per day even as the country?s human population almost doubled from 548 million to about 1025 million This could have been possible due to the positive efforts of agricultural research and extension policies and availability of matching technologies for nutrient-water-soil-stress management with high yielding varieties of crop plants The continued availability of food grain also depends upon the supply of quality seeds to the end-users The quality seed remains the architect of evergreen revolution under Indian perspective The sowing-see-quality is governed by several factors and demands a vigilant-eye on maintenance of utmost quality at every step of its production and distributionSeed Certification is a legally approved system to maintain quality of seeds during see production post harvest operations and formal distribution of seeds It includes field inspections at prescribed time and crop stages various quality tests pre-and post-control plots with perfect monitoring system After the emergence of World Trade Organization and subsequent implementation and involvement in implementations of various obligations under different treaties the awareness for seed quality has increased Hence the quality aspect can not no longer be ignored by traders users consumers and producers of seedThe book addresses varied facets of seed certification It include information on certification of objectionable seed borne diseases and wee plants as per Indian Seed Act standards pertaining to seed processing procedure of registration of samples physical purity analysis germination and seed viability health testing field inspections testing a genetic purity seed standards for major forage oilseed pulses and cereals including certification of hybrid rice and Bt cotton The information is spread over in 27 chapters contributed by 21 scientific personnel involved in seed production and certification The book is very useful to the people engaged with quality control seed production certification distribution processing research and teaching 250 pp. tables (illustrator).…

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