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☛ Plants,
Genes, And Agriculture : Sustainability through Biotechnology by Maarten
Chrispeels and Paul Gepts
☛ Horticulture :
Principles and Practices by George Acquaah
☛ Soil
Fertility, Renewal, and Preservation : Biodynamic Farming and Gardening by
Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, E.B. Balfour, Joan Rudel, and Siegfried Rudel
☛ The
Organic No-Till Farming Revolution : High-Production Methods for Small-Scale
Farmers by Andrew Mefferd
☛ Agronomy :
Food, Crops, and Environmental by Alabaster Jenkins (The book covers a wide
variety of topics, including sustainable agriculture and crop science.)
☛ Nanotechnology
and Agriculture : A Practical Application of Nanobiotechnology In CROP
Improvement by Hafsa Abbas, Maria Zahra, and Naveed Iqbal
☛ Seed,
Soil, and Sun : Earth’s Recipe for Food by Cris Peterson and David Lundquist
Cato the Elder, the Latin writer has written the text,’ De agri Cultura' (On Farming or Agriculture). Alexander Hugh McDonald has noted that "for all of its lack of form, its details of old custom and superstition, and its archaic tone, it was an up-to-date directed from his knowledge and experience to the new capitalistic farming."
Cato was revered by many later authors for his practical attitude, his natural stoicism, and his tight, lucid prose. The work of Cato is often characterized as a "farmer's notebook" written in a "random" fashion. The main achievement of the De agri culture is its depiction of rural life during the Roman Republic.
Norman Ernest Borlaug (25 March 1914 – 12 September 2009) was an American agricultural scientist, and humanitarian. He is considered by some to be the “father of modern agriculture” and the father of the green revolution. He won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his life's work. He is credited with saving over a billion people from starvation.
Another important scientific figure was Yuan Longping, whose work on hybrid rice varieties is credited with saving at least as many lives. Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian agronomist, agricultural scientist, plant geneticist, administrator, and humanitarian, globally known as the father of the green revolution in India.
“A History of Agriculture in India”: 1757-1947 by Mohinder Singh Randhawa. History of science, philosophy, and culture in Indian civilization. 4 volumes totaling about 2157 pages). He was the Vice-Chancellor of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, and was the soul of the University and is remembered as a great scientist.
As the Vice-President of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research, he guided all the research that bloomed as the Green Revolution in Punjab. Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE in north-west India with the early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals. Indian subcontinent agriculture was the largest producer of wheat and grain.
☛ Over-dependence
on unreliable rain and lack of irrigation facilities had led to a decline in
agricultural output.
☛ Poverty
and illiteracy of the farmers prevent them from adopting scientific methods of
cultivation.
☛ Lack
of Funds
☛ Small
land holdings due to a fast-growing population greatly hinder the mechanism of
farming.
☛ Erosion
of soil by heavy rain, floods, insufficient vegetation cover, etc., reduces
farm productivity.
☛ Lack
of canal systems, improper drainage of land, and inadequate utilization of
water resources result in the underdevelopment of irrigation facilities.
☛ Lack
of other facilities like grain storage godowns, and disorganized distribution
of seeds and fertilizers are also responsible for the backwardness of Indian
agriculture.
☛ Start
Your Farm - The Authoritative Guide to Becoming a Sustainable 21st-Century
Farmer - Forrest Pritchard, Ellen Polishuk
☛ Current
Trends in Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture - Ajar Nath
Yadav, Joginder Singh, Chhatarpal Singh, Neelam Yadav
☛ Microbial
Biotechnology in Crop Protection - Manoj Kaushal, Ram Prasad Logistic
Regression Model to Evaluate the Agricultural Activities
☛ The
effect of agricultural activities on the economic farmer's growth - Ina Pagria
☛ Soil
Basics, Management, and Rhizosphere Engineering for Sustainable Agriculture -
C. Channarayappa, D.P. Biradar
☛ Enhancing
Green Gram Productivity by Organic Manures in Central India - (Organic manures
is having the capacity for productivity, sustainability, and environmental
safety) - Sandeep Mohbe, Uttam Kumar, C.K. Dotaniya
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