Sustainable Intensification for Agroecosystem Services and Management

This edited book provides a comprehensive account of the sustainable intensification process through various forms of case studies and scientific approaches studied across the globe. It also focuses on the agroecosystem services and their subsequent management for ecological integrity. The book helps to understand the interconnection of food, nutrition, economic growth, and environmental security on the planet. It provides comprehensive information with photographic illustration and various other forms of scientific databases on sustainable intensification of agroecosystems. The book also supports decision-making, strategies, and policy formulation for effective implementation of sustainable intensification towards higher productivity along with maintenance and management of agroecosystem services. Proper sustainable intensification of agroecosystem services and their management by maintaining ecological harmony is the future prospect for sustainable development. High input agriculture gives rise to a high-energy footprint, agricultural pollution, resource depletion, loss of agro-biodiversity, and decline of human health. Through this connection, the sustainable intensification approach addresses the advanced food security, sustainability, and overall prosperity of humankind. The book is helpful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, policymakers, the farming community, as well as the scientific community across the globe to understand the concept of sustainable intensification and its application in relevant fields for proper management of agroecosystems services.

Dr. Manoj Kumar Jhariya is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Farm Forestry, Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya (Formerly Sarguja University) Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh), India, and the author or co-author of more than 70 scientific papers, 12 books, 50 book chapters and several extension articles. Dr. Jhariya acquired B.Sc. (Agriculture), M.Sc. and Ph.D. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India. Dr. Jhariya was awarded a UGC-RGNF Fellowship, New Delhi, India, University Topper Gold Medal for Ph.D. and received the Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Award from Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology in 2013. He is an editorial board member for several journals and a life member of numerous societies.

Dr. Ram Swaroop Meenais working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Agronomy, I.Ag. Scs., BHU, Varanasi (UP). Dr. Meena has been awarded Raman Research Fellowship by the MHRD, GOI. He has completed his postdoctoral research on soil carbon sequestration under Padma Shari Prof.Rattan Lal, World Food Prize 2020 Laureate, Director, CMASC, Columbus, USA. Dr. Meena has supervised 20 PG and 6 PhD students, and have10 years of research and teaching experience. He is working on the three externally funded projects (DST, MHRD, ICAR) with one patent. Dr. Meena has published more than 110 research and review papers and have H-index  42, as well 4 published books at the national and 16 books (Springer, Elsevier, etc.) at the international levels, and contributed in the books with 15 chapters at national and 50 at the international levels. He has worked as an expert for the NCERT, MHRD, GOI. Dr. Meena is contributed in several agricultural extension activities, trainings, meetings, workshops,

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Sihag is currently working as a scientist (Agronomy) at the ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Regional Station, Bhopal, India. Dr. Sihag is born in a farmer family in the village Jaswantpura, Tehsil Rajgarh, District Churu, Rajasthan, India. He had his schooling in the same village and graduated in Agriculture in 2013 from the College of Agriculture, Lalsot (SKRAU, Bikaner), Rajasthan. He has obtained his master from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and the doctorate degree in Agronomy from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, and securing first division in all the classes with triple NET, JRF, and SRF from the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. His research interests have focused on enhancing resources use efficiencies for sustainable crop production. He has published 5 books and over 35 papers in leading national and international peer-reviewed journals and has also contributed to more than 20 book chapters. He has received numerous national awards, including Young Scientist, Best Research Scholar, and Best Master’s Thesis awards. 

Dr. Abhishek Raj is working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar (Punjab), India, and the author or co-author of more than 20 scientific papers, 2 books, 30 book chapters, and several extension articles with an H-index ~15. He acquired B.Sc. (Forestry) from SHUATS, Allahabad (U.P.), M.Sc. and PhD. (both in Forestry) degrees from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) India. He has qualified ICAR- NET (National Eligibility Test) in Agroforestry and received Young Scientist Award in 2016.