Organic Crop Production Management: Focus on India, with Global Implications

This new volume explores how organic farming can reduce toxic emissions and mitigate climate change, focusing on India and other agricultural regions. It covers production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, and policy issues.

Format: Hardback
Length: 556 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2023
Publisher: Apple Academic Press Inc.

Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector that offers a promising solution to reduce toxic emissions produced by traditional agriculture and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on crops. This comprehensive new volume explores various aspects of organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues, and more. With a primary focus on India but with applications elsewhere in the agricultural world, the book examines organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health, improving sugarcane productivity, and managing by-products from the sugar industry. It also delves into nutritional management in system-based organic farming, pest management, the use of vermiculture as an important method, and other relevant topics. Additionally, the volume explores the challenges and issues in marketing organic produce.

Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector that offers a promising solution to reduce toxic emissions produced by traditional agriculture and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on crops. This comprehensive new volume explores various aspects of organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues, and more. With a primary focus on India but with applications elsewhere in the agricultural world, the book examines organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health, improving sugarcane productivity, and managing by-products from the sugar industry. It also delves into nutritional management in system-based organic farming, pest management, the use of vermiculture as an important method, and other relevant topics. Additionally, the volume explores the challenges and issues in marketing organic produce.

Organic farming is a rapidly growing sector that offers a promising solution to reduce toxic emissions produced by traditional agriculture and mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on crops. This comprehensive new volume explores various aspects of organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues, and more. With a primary focus on India but with applications elsewhere in the agricultural world, the book examines organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health, improving sugarcane productivity, and managing by-products from the sugar industry. It also delves into nutritional management in system-based organic farming, pest management, the use of vermiculture as an important method, and other relevant topics. Additionally, the volume explores the challenges and issues in marketing organic produce.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781774910580