Resource Conservation Technologies for Food and Environmental Security

Natural resources are vital for meeting the food, livelihood and environmental security. It is now widely accepted that future of food, livelihood and environmental security depends upon the attention paid to conservation, sustainable development and management of natural resources. Natural resource management ties in with applied concepts such asmaximum sustainable yield (MSY) and optimum utilization. Every natural resource has its optimum utilization, or acceptable levels of use, which are established scientifically and according to which management authorities regulate its exploitation. Degradation of natural resources has been caused by a variety of social, economic, institutional and technological factors. Rapidly growing population, urbanisation and industrial activities have all resulted in considerable deterioration in the quality and quantity of natural resources. This book discusses both the principles and applications of an integrated approach to natural resources management. This book is compilation of various topical issues on the prime concerns of natural resource conservation in arable and non-arable lands, suitable land utilization planning soil-water resource conservation, diversification of crops and farming systems to ensure sustainable management

Sunil Kumar is the Scientist working in the Department of Agronomy, Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour. His education was completed from B.H.U., Varanasi as B.Sc. (Ag) and from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar as M.Sc. (Ag) in Agrometeorology. He accomplished his Ph.D. in Agrometeorology and Environmental Sciences from SHUATS, Prayagraj, U.P. He availed ICAR-Junior Research Fellowship in Physical Sciences for pursuing his M.Sc. (Ag) and CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship in Earth Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences for Ph.D. He was honored with several awards like Young Scientist Award for outstanding contribution. He was awarded with Excellence in Teaching Award for outstanding contribution in Teaching. He was also awarded with best presentation award in the National Conference CAGSAS-2022 at BAU Sabour. He has been actively involved in teaching, research and extension at BAU Sabour since 2012. He has published several research papers in national and international journals of repute. He had also a significant contribution in the field of Aerosol and its impact on Crop productivity, Crop Simulation, Agromet Advisory Services, Remote Sensing and GIS at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour.

D. R. Singh, born in the year 1964 completed his graduation from Gorakhpur University in 1986 and earned his post graduate and doctorate degree in the field of horticulture with specialization in Floriculture from Agra University in the year 1989 and 1992, respectively. He started his career as an Assistant Professor at ANGRAU, Hyderabad in the year 1994 and later joined ICAR as Senior Scientists in the year 2001. Dr. Singh has been known for his exemplary research work for Noni, an under-utilized horticultural crop during his vast tenure as Principal Scientist, Head and Director at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair and Director, NRC for Orchids, Sikkim. Apart from developing various situation-based technologies, concepts, products and methodologies, he has given 22 varieties of horticulture crops, which has created a big impact on area and production and livelihood of farming community. During his service period of about 32 years, he has experience of working in various capacities such as Head of the Department, Director and Vice Chancellor. Dr. Singh has been chairman, vice president, and member of various national and international executive bodies, professional societies and task forces. During his tenure as Vice Chancellor of CSAUAT, Kanpur he brought laurels to university by getting NAAC B accreditation and 30th rank in NIRF 2023 among the agriculture and allied sector groups.Presently, as the Vice Chancellor of Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour; Dr Singh is committed to the development of the farming community of the state in days and years to come and shall focus on the improvement in the standards of agricultural education, research, extension and training so as to make it a state-of-art university.

Anil Kumar Singh is an accomplished agricultural scientist who has made significant contributions to the field of agricultural research. He started his career as a Scientist at the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Regional Station Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir). Dr. Singh has held several key positions during his career, including Principal Scientist at the ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna. He has served as the Head (Acting) of the Research Programme at Pusa, Bihar and as the Officer In-charge at NBPGR RS Srinagar (Jammu & Kashmir). Dr. Singh has an impressive publication record, with over 150 research articles, 10 books, and 196 other publications. Dr. Singh has taken on editorial responsibilities as the Editor-in-Chief of the 'Journal of AgriSearch' and e-kheti (an online publication). He has also served as the ?????? ?????? of '???? ??????,' demonstrating his commitment to disseminating agricultural knowledge. Dr. Singh has received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Patrika Purskaar for 'Akshay Kheti' from ICAR, New Delhi. He is a recipient of the Fellow of the Indian Society of Agronomy, Fellow of the Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, and an Associate of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi. Dr. Singh has also been honored with the Rajbhasha Gaurav Award by the Department of Official Languages, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, for his outstanding technical book in Hindi. Dr. Singh has demonstrated his organizational skills by serving as the Chief Organizing Secretary for various conferences, including the International Conference on Rural in 2018 and National Conference in 2016.

Sushanta Sarkar has been working as Technical Officer under GKMS Project (Agrometeorology), Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, Bhagalpur since November 2019. He received his M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Meteorology from the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Mohanpur (WB) and ICAR-NET in 2017. He published more than 15 publications (research papers, journal articles, book chapters) and more than 10 Hindi bulletins.