Agrobiodiversity and Sustainable Rural Development

Contents: 1. Enhancing public private partnerships for agrobiodiversity management in seed and planting material domain of horticulture: role of technology transfer and incubation facility. 2. Commercial exploitation of wild musa biodiversity. 3. Collection, conservation and evaluation of niger plant genetic resources for specific traits for achieving sustainability in production. 4. Utilization of local wheat biodiversity for sustainable development. 5. Genetic diversity among rice genotypes for yield and quality components cultivated in integrated fertilizer management. 6. Sorghum germplasm diversity in India. 7. Monitoring for adventitious presence of transgenes in ex situ cotton collections conserved at national gene bank in India. 8. Awareness of farmers about sustainable farming practices in pigeonpea cultivation. 9. Conservation of minor millets for sustaining agricultural biodiversity and food security. 10. Strategies to foster and conserve navara- a wonder medicinal rice. 11. Agri bio-diversity and genetics of fiber characters, yield and its components in intra and inter specific hybrids of allo-tetraploid cottons (gossypium spp. Linn.). 12. Genetic divergence studies in maize germplasm (zea mays l.). 13. Crop diversity in Andhra Pradesh and their conservation concerns. 14. Indian cattle biodiversity – source of sustainable livelihood security under rural India. 15. Livestock breeds for livelihoods and sustainable inclusive development. 16. Profile of village-based indigenous chicken production system in Kerala. 17. Indian hill camel (camelus dromedarius) and sustainable camel dairying. 18. Evolution, status and conservation of camelids. 19. Sustainability of grazing land through assessment of carrying capacity of pasture land in western zone of Tamil Nadu. 20. Sustainable rural poultry production through conservation and improvement of native chickens. 21. Studies on pollinator fauna and their relative abundance of mustard (brassica juncea l.: cruciferae) at Pantnagar. 22. Biodiversity and agro-biodiversity in restoration of traditional village tank systems with community participation in southern India. 23. Agrobiodiversity (landraces) conservation through traditional storage practices. 24. Traditional knowledge of tribal farmers on agrobiodiversity (landraces) in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. 25. Identification of predominant farming systems in high altitude and tribal (HAT) zone of Andhra Pradesh. 26. Role of women in agrobiodiversity conservation. 27. Modern tools and techniques for xenobiotic monitoring. 28. Open source seed network. 29. A review on strategies for community-based biodiversity conservation (CBC). In the present global scenario, biodiversity management draws the highest attention among researchers and development functionaries. The chapter’s carries information on current status of plant and animal biodiversity, indigenous practices, landraces, traditional knowledge and gene bank conservation. Detailed account has been presented on major agricultural crops such as wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, organic pigeon pea, millets, niger and cotton. Chapters on as to how can underutilize bioresources be brought under commercial umbrella. Sustainability cannot be ensured without animal bioresources, therefore chapters have been included on cattle, Indian livestock, poultry, native chickens, camelids etc., and also on pollinator fauna. Chapters are included on monitoring methods for presence of adventitious presence of transgenes and xenobiotic monitoring. Community is the central point in sustainable agrobiodiversity management. The awareness, community strategies, social equity, conservation of local practices and community participation are the key words. The chapters have been included on indigenous practices for seed storage, conservation of traditional water tanks, tribal farmers’ knowledge and practices, role of women in conservation, organic practices, community seed networks, community p. …