Earth, Environment, and Sustainability

<p>This book documents information on adaptive agro-management approaches ensuring environmental sustainability. It covers recent sustainable agro-techniques of farming used in developed, developing and under-developed countries such as carbon neutral farming, organic agriculture, use of slow-release fertilizers, nano-agriculture, crop residue management, biochar, vermicompost, agroforestry, climate-smart agriculture, advanced water used technologies, microbial fertilizers, and ecological farming.</p><p>Features:</p><ul> <li>Provides detailed contextual information on sustainable agriculture.</li> <li>Discusses adaptation of major agricultural crops against recent global climate change scenario.</li> <li>Reviews scientific advances in nano-agrotechnology.</li> <li>Covers various alternatives of synthetic fertilizers, their mode of action, and their efficiency and preparation methodology.</li> <li>Includes pertinent case studies.</li> </ul><p>This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in environmental science, agriculture engineering and ecological engineering, and sustainable agriculture.</p>