Hill Agriculture

Economics and Sustainability

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Av Pawan Kumar Sharma, Sudhakar Dwivedi

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This book comprises articles written by distinguished authors hailing from diverse regions of India, including the North Eastern Hill Region. It endeavors to provide a comprehensive examination of the multifaceted aspects of hill agriculture, encompassing the economics of various enterprises, marketing, and sustainability.The book is structured around several sub-themes, including: the performance of hill agriculture in India, public and private support for hill agriculture, organic farming in the hills, horticulture in the hills, agricultural marketing in the hills, the status of land reforms and agricultural holdings, agricultural credit and insurance, the utilization of ICT in hill agriculture, addressing the challenges posed by the WTO in hill agriculture, and sustainability issues in hill agriculture.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-06-15
Mått34 x 152 x 229 mm
Vikt1 060 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor514
FörlagNew India Publishing Agency
ISBN9788119215225

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Pawan Kumar Sharma: Subject Matter Specialist, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, She-e-Kashmir University of Agricultuarl Sciences & Technology, Chatha Campus, Jammu and Kashmir, India.Sudhakar Dwivedi: Professor, Division of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiess Management, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,She-e-Kashmir University of Agricultuarl Sciences & Technology, Chatha Campus, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Theme 1. Performance of Hill Agriculture in India.01. Agricultural Mechanization in Hills. Scope and Constraints Sanjay Khar, Rakesh Sharma and Punit Choudhary 02. Dairy Enterprise for Sustainable Livelihood in North East Hilly Region Rishikanta Singh 03. Economics and Profitability of Fodder Crops in Hills Vikas Kumar and Sudhakar Dwivedi 04. Socio-Economic Features of Nomadic Gujjars. Livestock Grazers of Jammu (J&K) Tarunvir Singh and Sudhakar Dwivedi 05. Adopting Sericulture for Sustainable Hill AgricultureAmardev Singh 06. Sheep Farming in Hills. A Subsidiary Enterprise for Income Generation Suraj Parkash, Arvind Ishar and Sanjeev Kumar 07. Underutilized Crops of Himalayan Region Arun Gupta, Lakshmi Kant, P. K. Agrawal and V. Mahajan 08. Alleviating Drudgery of Indian Farm Women through Technology Interventions in Animal Husbandry Puja Mathur and Pawan Kumar Sharma Theme 2 . Public/Private Support for Hill Agriculture. 09. Influence of Scientific Orientation on Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Pineapple Growers in Nagaland K. K. Jha Theme 3. Organic Farming in Hills. Status, Scope and Economics. 10. Organic Farming in Hills. Opportunities and Constraints A K Tripathi, A Roy, N U Singh and S Seeralan 11. Organic Farming in Hills. An Economic Analysis of Vermi-Composting Manoj Gupta, S. S.Paliyal and Pankaj Mittal 12. Vermiculture Technology. Boon for Hill Agriculture Sunil Kumar and Sanjay Sachan Theme 4 . Horticulture in Hills. Status, Scope and Economics. 13. Trends of Major Fruit Crops in Himachal Pradesh Amod Sharma and Sudhakar Dwivedi 14. Economic Importance of Vegetables. Exclusive to Hills Neerja Sharma, A.K. Gupta, R.K. Sanmotra, R.K. Arora and Raju Gupta 15. King Chilli Current Scenario and Future Prospects in North Eastern India S. Mahanta and K.H. Begum 16. Seabuckthorn. An Attractive Prospect for Hill Regions Rajander S Bali, V K Sah, Abhishek Bahuguna and Birendra Prasad 17. Economics of Insect Pest and Disease Management in Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Sandhya Bahuguna, Birendra Prasad and Abhishek Bahuguna 18. Greenhouse Technologies for Hill Agriculture Neerja Sharma, A. K. Gupta, R. K. Sanmotra, and R. K. Arora Theme 5. Agricultural Marketing in Hills. Status, Marketed Surplus, Producer share, Interventions etc. 19. Agricultural Marketing in Hills. Problems and Opportunities Pawan Kumar Sharma, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sudhir Jamwal Theme 6. Status of Land Reforms and Agricultural Holdings. 20. Land Reforms and Agriculture Development for Poverty Elimination Harnam Singh, Anil Bhat and S.P. Singh Theme 7. Agricultural Credit and Insurance. 21. Role of Financial Agencies in Livestock Farming B.K. Mishra, C.S. Choubey and Sunil Kumar 22. Mitigating Agriculture Risks through Crop Insurance Anil Bhat, Jyoti Kachroo and Sudhakar Dwivedi Theme 8. Using ICT in Hill Agriculture. 23. Information Technology for Efficient Agricultural Marketing in Hills K Srinivas, Mukesh Kumar and SRK Singh 24. Accessibility of ICT in Uttarakhand Hills and Its Impact Kiran Yadav, Sunil Kumar and Chandra DevTheme 9. Facing the Challenges of WTO in Hill Agriculture. 25. WTO in Agriculture. New Dimensions Sudhakar Dwivedi and Shobhana Gupta Theme 10. Sustainability Issues in Hill Agriculture. 26. New Dimensions of Agricultural Extension for Hill Agriculture Parveen Kumar, M. S. Nain 27. Economic Disposal of Livestock Waste B.K. Mishra, Santosh Singh, Sunil Kumar and C.S. Choubey 28. Sustainable Agriculture. Current Demand for Feeding the Increasing Population SK Kaushik, Shobhana Gupta and KV Singh 29. Grain Amaranth. An Economic Key to Sustainable Hill Agriculture Birendra Prasad, Abhishek Bahuguna, Sunil Kumar and Rajander S Bali 30. Plant-Biodiversity. Its Implications for Sustainable Hill Agriculture Awnindra K. Singh, Permendra Singh and M.C. Dwivedi 31. Seed Quality as Influenced by Packaging Container during Storage Birendra Prasad and Abhishek Bahuguna 32. Shifting Cultivation and Environmental Degradation- A Case Study of Hill Districts of Assam Hiranya Kumar Baruah