Innovation in small-farm agriculture : improving livelihoods and sustainability /: improving livelihoods and sustainability. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Amitava Rakshit [and five others].
• Editors: Rakshit, Amitava
• Contents: Section I Issues, Ideas and Challenges in Agricultural Sector 1. Factors that Ensure a Sustained and Scaled-Up Delivery of Innovation . Dominik Klauser 2. Sustaining Smallholder Farming through Collective Action and Entrepreneurship Jayasree Krishnankutty, Arun Sreekumar, Rajesh K. Raju, and Kadambot H. M. Siddique 3. Technological Innovation Strategy to Strengthen the Competitive Advantages of Smallholder Farmers E. Cornejo-Velazquez, M. Clavel-Maqueda, O.A. Acevedo-Sandoval, and H. Romero-Trejo 4. Analyses of Rural Infrastructure for Agriculture Development Firuza Begham Mustafa and Benjamin Ezekiel Bwadi 5. Gender Mainstreaming and Women Empowerment in Small Holdings: A Sustainable Way for Better Livelihood Riti Chatterjee, Deepa Roy, Gunja Kumari, and Prithusayak Mondal 6. A Pandemic Resilient Framework for Sustainable Soil Health and Food Security: Response beyond COVID-19 Sudip Sengupta, Shubhadip Dasgupta, Kallol Bhattacharyya, Somsubhra Chakraborty, and Pradip Dey Section II Strategies and Platform for Small Farm Livelihoods: Research and Development 7. Technology and Policy Options: Opportunities for Smallholder Farmers to Achieve Sustainable Agriculture Rakesh S, Ranjith Kumar G, Anil D, Ravinder Juttu, Kamalakar Jogula, Sharan Bhoopal Reddy, Bairi Raju, Jogarao Poiba, Umarajashekar A, and Ranvir Kumar 8. The Role of Agricultural R&D within the Agricultural Innovation Systems Framework P. Anandajayasekeram 9. Viable Nutrient Management Options for Sustaining Small Farm Agriculture S. K. Pedda Ghouse Peera, Satya Prakash Barik, Himansu Sekhar Gouda, Sweta Shikta Mohapatra, Debashis Dash, and Santanu Kumar Patra 10. Improving Livelihood and Farm Income of Small-Scale Farmers through Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture Girijesh Singh Mahra, V. Sangeetha, Pratibha Joshi, Sujit Sarkar, and Renu Jethi 11. Biogas Technology for Improving Livelihoods and Agricultural Sustainability Shiv Prasad, Anoop Singh, Dhanya MS, Dheeraj Rathore, and Amitava Rakshit 12. Emerging and Remerging Diseases and Their Innovative Management in Jute and Allied Fiber Crops under Small Farm A. N. Tripathi 13. Transition toward Agroecology among Family Farmers: Crop Protection Practices C. A. Costa, A. Aguiar, C. Parente, J. Neto, E. Valério, M. C. Godinho, and E. Figueiredo 14. Does Conservation Agriculture Work for Small-Scale Farmers in Developing Nations? A Mini-Review Anandkumar Naorem, Shiva Kumar Udayana, and Somasundaram Jayaraman 15. Technological and Social Innovations in the Context of Small Brazilian Rural Properties Alexandre Marco da Silva 16. Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Crop Production: A Perspective in Small Farm Agriculture Rubina Khanam, Pedda Ghouse Peera Sheikh Kulsum, Ruma Das, and Sunanda Biswas Section III Innovative Agriculture-Multi-stakeholder Approach in Different Continents: Practice and Performance 17. Sustainable Intensification of Rice-Based Cropping Systems: Experiences from Eastern India A. K. Srivastava, Malay K. Bhowmick, Kanwar Singh, Pardeep-Sagwal, S. Khandai, S. K. Dwivedi, Amit K. Srivastava, V. Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Sampad R. Patra, Virender Kumar, and Sudhanshu Singh 18. Scale-Appropriate Mechanization for Improving Productivity, Profitability, and Sustainability of Rice-Based Cropping Systems in India Pardeep-Sagwal, Suryakanta Khandai, Malay K. Bhowmick, Kanwar Singh, A. K. Srivastava, B. S. Dhillon, S. Rawal, V. Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Sudhanshu Singh, and Virender Kumar 19 Adoption Determinants of Improved Seeds and Technical Efficiency of Ugandan Small Farmers S. Auci and M. Coromaldi 20 Model for Quality Assessment in Small Farms in Cape Verde Margarida Saraiva, Álvaro Rosa, Elsa Simões, and António Ramos Pires 21 Adoption of Improved Agronomic Practices by Small Farmers for Sustainable Crop Production: Case Study from Uttar Pradesh, India P. K. Singh and O. P. Singh 22 Integrated Nutrient Management Technology for Sustainable Vegetable Production in Eastern India Deblina Ghosh, Snigdha Chatterjee, Kaushik Batabyal, and Sidhu Murmu 23 Micropot Method of Nursery Establishment: An Innovative Approach for Greater Climatic Resilience and Higher Crop Productivity Sampad R. Patra and Malay K. Bhowmick 24 Farmers’ Innovations in Smallholdings: The Sustainable Transition in Agriculture of West Bengal Riti Chatterjee, Pravat Utpal Acharjee, Suddhasuchi Das, Amit Baran Sharangi, and Sankar Kumar Acharya 25 Promoting Gender Equality in the Context of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: Opportunities, Challenges, and Management Policies in Indian Mid-Himalayas Kushagra Joshi, Arunava Pattanayak, Renu Jethi, and Vijay Singh Meena 26 Making Rice-Farming System More Climate Resilient and Nutrition Sensitive: Heritage of Kurichiya Tribe Community of Western Ghats N. Anil Kumar, Merlin Lopus, Raveendran Telapurath, and Vipin das 27 Agricultural Innovation and Technology Adoption among Small-Scale Producers in Developing Countries: Is Biotechnology a Sustainable Alternative? Alejandro Barragán-Ocaña, Adalberto de Hoyos-Bermea, Katya Amparo Luna-López, and Tamara Arizbe Virgilio-Virgilio
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 338.1; Farms, Small; Sustainable agriculture; Agricultural innovations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000574142; 9781000574081; 9781003164968
• Related ISBNs: 9780367759766
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