Chapter 1. Sustainable Intensification for Agroecosystem Services and Management: An Overview.- Chapter 2. Food and Nutrition Security in India through Agroecology: New Opportunities in Agriculture System.- Chapter 3. Cost-Effective and Eco-Friendly Agricultural Technologies in Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems for Food and Environmental Security.- Chapter 4. Eco-Designing for Soil Health and Services.- 5. Climate Change and Integrated Coastal and Agroecosystems Services.- Chapter 6. Climate Change Vulnerability and Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 7. Intensification for Agroecosystem Services.- Chapter 8. Crop Residue Management: A Novel Technique for Restoring Soil Health and Sustainable Intensification in India.- Chapter 9. Agroecology for Agricultural Soil Management.- Chapter 10. Agroecology towards Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 11. Agroforestry and Its Services for Soil Management and Sustainability.- Chapter 12. Agroecosystem Services Management and Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 13. Ecological Intensification for Soil Management- Biochar, a Natural Solution for Soil from Agricultural Residues.- Chapter 14. Resource Conservation for Sustainable Development.- Chapter 15. Anaerobic Digestate: A Sustainable Source of Bio-fertilizer.- Chapter 16. Soil Fertility Status and Sugarcane Growth Performance in the Mangrove Ecosystem of Nigeria.- Chapter 17. Managing Natural Resources through Ecological Intensification in Oil-rich Niger Delta.- Chapter 18. Climatic Risks on Fruits Quality, Health and Livelihoods: A Nigerian Case of Rural Women in Fruit Farming Business.- Chapter 19. Allelopathic Effect of Taraxacum officinale L. on Germination and Physiology of Wheat.- Chapter 20. Watershed Sustainability for Agricultural Intensification. Chapter 21. Impact of Climate Change on Insects and their Sustainable Management.- Chapter 22. Ecointensification in Agriculture under Changing Climate.- Chapter 23. Management of Agroecosystem for Food Security: An Overview.
About the Author: Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly Sarguja University) Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), India, and the author or co-author of more than 70 scientific papers, 12 books, 50 book chapters and several extension articles. Dr. Jhariya acquired B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India, University Topper Gold Medal for Ph.D. and received the Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology in 2013. He is an editorial board member for several journals and a life member of numerous societies.
Dr. Arnab Banerjee is an assistant professor, Department of Environmental Science, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India. He has completed M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Environmental Science) from Burdwan University and M. Phil. in Environmental Science from Kalyani University, West Bengal. He won the University Gold Medal for securing first class first position in M.Sc. examination. He has been awarded Young Scientist Award for best oral presentation at the international conference held at the University of Burdwan. He was a project fellow under UGC-sponsored major research project. To his credit, he has published 70 research papers in reputed national and international journals, 11 books, and 30 book chapters. He is life member of the Academy of Environmental Biology. He has supervised 25 postgraduate students and engaged in Postgraduate Teaching and Research.
Dr. Ram Swaroop Meenais working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, I.Ag. Scs., BHU, Varanasi (UP). Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the MHRD, GOI. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Padma Shari Prof. Rattan Lal, World Food Prize 2020 Laureate, Director, CMASC, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has supervised 20 PG and 6 PhD students, and have10 years of research and teaching experience. He is working on the three externally funded projects (DST, MHRD, ICAR) with one patent. Dr. Meena has published more than 110 research and review papers and have H-index 42, as well 4 published books at the national and 16 books (Springer, Elsevier, etc.) at the international levels, and contributed in the books with 15 chapters at national and 50 at the international levels. He has worked as an expert for the NCERT, MHRD, GOI. Dr. Meena is contributed in several agricultural extension activities, trainings, meetings, workshops,
Dr. Sandeep Kumar Sihag is currently working as a scientist (Agronomy) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Regional Station, Bhopal, India. Dr. Sihag is born in a farmer family in the village Jaswantpura, Tehsil Rajgarh, District Churu, Rajasthan, India. He had his schooling in the same village and graduated in Agriculture in 2013 from the College of Agriculture, Lalsot (SKRAU, Bikaner), Rajasthan. He has obtained his master from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and the doctorate degree in Agronomy from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, and securing first division in all the classes with triple NET, JRF, and SRF from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. His research interests have focused on enhancing resources use efficiencies for sustainable crop production. He has published 5 books and over 35 papers in leading national and international peer-reviewed journals and has also contributed to more than 20 book chapters. He has received numerous national awards, including Young Scientist, Best Research Scholar, and Best Master's Thesis awards.
Dr. Abhishek Raj is working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar (Punjab), India, and the author or co-author of more than 20 scientific papers, 2 books, 30 book chapters, and several extension articles with an H-index 15. He acquired B.Sc. (Forestry) from SHUATS, Allahabad (U.P.), M.Sc. and PhD. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India. He has qualified ICAR- NET (National Eligibility Test) in Agroforestry and received Young Scientist Award in 2016.
