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In the recent era, the ability to future generation to produce food and enjoy productivity decreases in a faster rate due to the depletion of the natural resource base through high external input based agriculture. It is believed that, the decline of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Mediterranean region, Pre-Columbian southwest U.S. and Central America is strongly influenced by natural resource degradation from non-sustainable farming and forestry practices. In this backdrop the sustainable agriculture is utilizing the existing natural resource base and low external input for regenerating the productive capacity of the same along with the minimization of harmful impacts on ecosystems.
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Partha Sarathi Patra Assistant Professor Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Pundibari, Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
Kausik Pradhan Associate Professor and Head Department of Agricultural Extension Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya Pundibari, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India
Shyamal Kheroar Department of Agronomy Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya West Bengal, India
Amrit Tamang Assistant Professor Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry Uttar Banga Krishi Vishwavidayalaya (UBKV), Cooch Behar, India
Pabitra Adhikary Subject Matter Specialist (Agronomy) Farm Science Center, WBUAFS
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1. Basic Elements of Sustainable Agriculture
Pabitra Adhikary, Partha Sarathi Patra, Shyamal Kheroar Amrit Tamang and Rajesh Saha
2. Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture
Shyamal Kheroar, Partha Sarathi Patra and Pabitra Adhikary
3. Basics of Vermicomposting: A Viable Technology for Rural Livelihood
Bappa Paramanik, Parimal Panda, Indranil Das, Arindam Kundu Asit Mandal and Ashok Choudhury
4. A Low Cost Aquatic Green Manure for Agricultural Crops (Azolla)
Bappa Paramanik, Parimal Panda, Partha Sarathi Patra, Indranil Das Naba Kishore Mahato, Ashok Choudhury and Asit Mandal
5. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Prospects for New Inoculants
Parimal Panda, Bappa Paramanik, Partha Sarathi Patra, Bisweswar Mahato, Ranajit Panda, Indranil Das, Kausik Mandal and Ashok Choudhury
6. Sustainable Water Management
Pabitra Adhikary, Partha Sarathi Patra, Shyamal Kheroar Amrit Tamang and Subhra Shil
7. Soil Management Vis-a-Vis Production Sustainability Blooming Animal and Human Health
Amrit Tamang, Partha Sarathi Patra, Sagar Tamang Hriday Komal Tarafdar, Tarik Mitran, Nirmalendu Basak and Ashok Choudhury
8. Sustainable Biodiversity Management
Lakshmi Hijam, Moumita Chakraborty, Rocky Thokchom and Suvendu Kumar Roy
9. Agroforestry as a Tool for Biodiversity Conservation, Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Livelihood Development
Nazir A. Pala, Abha Manohar K, Biplov C. Sarkar, Megna Rashid Vineeta and Sumit Chakravarty
10. Organic Waste Management
Pabitra Adhikary, Partha Sarathi Patra, Arju Sayed Ahmed Subhra Shil and Rajesh Saha
11. IPM: An Eco-Friendly Approach for Pest Management
Biswajit Patra and Biplab Tudu
12. Sustainable Plant Disease Management
Sibdas Baskey and Satyajit Hembram
13. Sustainable Weed Management
Partha Sarathi Patra, Pabitra Adhikary, Shyamal Kheroar Bratati Kanjilal and Subhra Shil
14. Sustainable Livestock Farming
Dilip Kumar Hajra and Nonigopal Shit
15. Extension Management for Sustainable Agriculture
K. Pradhan
16. Sustainable Horticulture
Subhra Shil and Pabitra Adhikary
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