Sustainable Agriculture towards Food Security

Description

World’s population is projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100. To meet the food demands of the exponentially increasing population, a massive food production is necessary. Agricultural production on land and aquatic systems pose negative impacts on the earth’s ecosystems. Combined effects of climate change, land degradation, cropland losses, water scarcity and species infestations are major causes for loss of agricultural yields up to 25%. Therefore, the world needs a paradigm shift in agriculture development for sustainable food production and security through green revolution and eco-friendly approaches. Hence, agriculture practices must be sustained by the ability of farm land to produce food to satisfy human needs indefinitely as well as having sustainable impacts on the broader environment. The real agricultural challenges of the future as well as for today differ according to their geopolitical and socioeconomic contexts. Therefore, sustainable agriculture must be inclusive and have adaptability and flexibility over time to respond to demands for food production. Considering all these points, this book has been prepared to address and insights to generate awareness of food security and focuses on perspectives of sustainable food production and security towards human society. The book facilitates to describes the classical and recent advancement of technologies and strategies by sustainable way through plant and animal origin including, breeding, pest management, tissue culture, transgenic techniques, bio and phytoremediation, environmental stress and resistance, plant growth enhancing microbes, bio-fertilizer and integrated approaches of food nutrition. Chapters provide a new dimension to discuss the issues, challenges and strategies of agricultural sustainability in a comprehensive manner. It aims at educating the students, advanced and budding researchers to develop novel approaches for sustainability with environmentally sound practices. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture (D. Arulbalachandran, L. Mullainathan, S. Latha)....Pages 3-13 Nutritive Value, Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development: An Integrated Approach (S. Alagendran, G. Archunan, N. Puspha, D. Rajarajan, P. Lakshmanakumar, S. Gangadharan)....Pages 15-25 Front Matter ....Pages 27-27 Insights of Novel Breeding Strategies in Sustainable Crop Production (K. Yasmin, D. Arulbalachandran, K. Jothimani, V. Soundarya, S. Vanmathi)....Pages 29-55 Impact of Insects and Pests in loss of Crop Production: A Review (Manoharan Manosathiyadevan, V. Bhuvaneshwari, R. Latha)....Pages 57-67 ABA-Mediated Drought Stress Resistance in Crops for Sustainable Agriculture (M. Ramachandran, D. Arulbalachandran, K. Jothimani)....Pages 69-83 Sustainable Power Production from Plant-Mediated Microbial Fuel Cells (Kamaraj Sathish-Kumar, Venkatasamy Vignesh, Felipe Caballero-Briones)....Pages 85-107 Front Matter ....Pages 109-109 Role of Organic Amendments in Sustainable Agriculture (K. Sankar Ganesh, P. Sundaramoorthy, M. Nagarajan, R. Lawrence Xavier)....Pages 111-124 Plant Growth–Promoting Microbes: A Boon for Sustainable Agriculture (S. Lalitha)....Pages 125-158 Seaweed: A Fertilizer for Sustainable Agriculture (Thillaigovindhan Nedumaran)....Pages 159-174 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Algal Resource for Sustainable Food Security (M. Ayyappan)....Pages 177-184 Sustainable Food Security: Edible and Medicinal Mushroom (S. Murugesan)....Pages 185-196 Contributions to a Sustainable Production of Food of Animal Origin (Gerhard Flachowsky, Dirk von Soosten, Ulrich Meyer)....Pages 197-227 Front Matter ....Pages 229-229 Role of Plant Tissue Culture for Improving the Food Security in India: A Review Update (Chinnasamy Ragavendran, Devarajan Natarajan)....Pages 231-262 Phytochemical Screening of Transgenic and Non-transgenic Leguminous Plant Species (Amal Thomas Cheeran, Dhandapani Gurusamy, Krishnan Vasanth)....Pages 263-290 Somatic Embryogenesis from Immature Anther Explants: Toward the Development of an Efficient Protocol Production of Grapevine (Krishnan Vasanth, Melané A. Vivier)....Pages 291-305 Front Matter ....Pages 307-307 Soil Security: A Key Role for Sustainable Food Productivity (Palaniswamy Thangavel, Ganapathi Sridevi)....Pages 309-325 Amelioration of Environmental Stress for Sustainable Crop Productivity (K. Jothimani, D. Arulbalachandran, K. Yasmin)....Pages 327-348 Strategies of Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Pollutants Toward Sustainable Agriculture (S. Dhanam)....Pages 349-358 Pesticide-Mediated Toxicity in Modern Agricultural Practices (Sivakumar Loganathan, Tamilselvi Murugan)....Pages 359-373 Solid State Fermentation Utilizing Agro-Industrial Waste for Microbial Pigment Production (Chidambaram Kulandaisamy Venil, Nur Zulaikha Binti Yusof, Wan Azlina Ahmad)....Pages 375-381