Bøker av Saket Kushwaha

In many communities in the world, the population lives on agriculture. Smallholder agriculture covers 75 of agricultural production, most of which are rain-fed agriculture. This number indicates that the impact of population explosion in rural areas is prompting communities to adopt unsustainable farming practices, like burning of tropical rain forests to grow crops, planting on steep slopes, entering fragile marginal ecosystems, and overgrazing and over cropping. This volume estimates that one-sixth of the globes land area (nearly 2 billion hectares) has been degraded due to overgrazing and negative farming practices. Water supply for agricultural purposes is becoming scarcer, and there is almost no land reserve that can be used to expand the agricultural base. Come 2025, nearly 3 billion people in 48 countries shall be affected by severe water shortages throughout the year or some months. The volume recommends suitable and site-specific technologies to reverse poverty and food insecurity issues. Some of the chapters mentioned include: chapter 1: philosophies of restoration agriculture on small farms, chapter 2: soil food web and chapter 3: conservation farming among others. Both scientific and indigenous knowledge available to the community should effectively facilitate this process, and farmers must actively participate in designing, implementation and evaluation of these technologies.

Highlights practices that promote resilient agricultural practices, nurture sustainable food production systems, and empower small-scale food producers that help strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change and help maintain ecosystems.

Contains a detailed discussion about environmental friendly approaches to develop value-added products in the domains of food security. The author provides engaging chapters on a broad selection of plant and animal byproducts, examining the business of byproduct retrieval within the dynamic contexts of fluctuating socio-economic distresses.

Provides detailed insights on the principles and prerequisites of sustainable development. In order for us to achieve sustainable development, it must be comprehensive - it should successfully balance social goals with environmental and economic perspectives.

Takes the readers through the various aspects of designing a greenhouse design such as the considerations taken while designing, the goals of designs, the costs involved and the final impact on the environment.