The book presents a comprehensive overview of the potential areas for transformative Indian agriculture, focusing on innovations in science, technology, institutional, and policy affairs, with the goal of building a self-reliant India (Atmanirbhar Bharat). It addresses the challenges of eradicating hunger, poverty, and undernutrition, and offers interventions that prioritize inclusivity, sustainability, peace, and prosperity, as well as resilience to climate and other uncertainties. The book's 36 chapters cover a range of priority areas, including: accelerated and sustainable agricultural production, doubling farmers' income through diversification and market linkages, promoting entrepreneurship, leveraging innovations in science and technology, managing value chains and preventing post-harvest losses, ensuring remunerative prices and market reforms, implementing climate-smart agriculture, developing secondary agriculture, securing water resources, improving soil health, managing crop health and pests, adopting agro-biodiversity, investing in renewable energy, utilizing Artificial Intelligence, and creating a knowledge platform to transform India. Additionally, the book addresses critical development needs in fragile ecosystems such as coastal, desert, hill, and marginal ecosystems, and provides policy options and pathways for transforming Indian agriculture to achieve Atmanirbhar Bharat. The book serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, development communities, and academicians.

Theme 1: Agriculture Sector in India: Challenges Now and in Future 
1. Indian Agriculture: Issues, Challenges and Priorities 
P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Chakraborty, Debashis Mandal and Prabhat Kumar 
2. Innovations in Agriculture: An Overview  Theme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement 
Jagdish Kumar, P.N. Sivalingam, Mallikarjuna, J, S.K. Jain Sridhar, J, K. Kiran Kumar, Sujay Anand and P.K. Ghosh 
Theme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement 
3. New Plant Breeding Techniques and Current Trends in Plant Breeding Research 
Kumar Durgesh, Gyan P. Mishra, Rekha Joshi and S.M.S. Tomar 
4. Innovations in Seed Sector and Its Regulations for Atmanirbhar Bharat 
D. Vijay 
5. Innovations on Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture in India 
K.K. Gangopadhyay, Anuradha Agrawal, Gowthami R. 
6. Innovations to Make India Self-Reliant in Edible Oil Production: The Story of Oil Palm  Theme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management 
R.K. Mathur, K. Manorama, B. Kalyanababu, G. Ravichandran, K. Ramachandrudu and M.V. Prasad 
Theme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management 
7. Natural Resource Management for Building a Self-Reliant India 
Debashis Mandal, Nishita Giri, Gopal Kumar and Raman Jeet Singh 
8. Innovations in Water Management in Agriculture 
K.G. Mandal, Dibakar Ghosh, Amod K. Thakur and R.K. Mohanty 
9. Innovations of Controlling Desertification and in Renewable Energy 
Priyabrata Santra, Mahesh Kumar, N.R. Panwar, R.K. Goyal, H.M. Meena, R.N. Kumawat, Akath Singh and B.L. Manjunatha 
10. Innovations on Climate Smart Agriculture and Structural Reforms for Self-Reliant India 
Gouranga Kar and Ritesh Saha 
11. Carbon Neutral Roadmap for Green India 
Shrikant Badole, Dibakar Roy, Love Kumar Singh, Ashim Datta 
12. Innovative Solutions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
P. Bhattacharyya, S. Neogi, S.R. Padhy, P.K. Dash 
13. Disaster Management: New Strategies 
Joydeep Mukherjee and K.K. Bandyopadhyay 
Theme 4: Innovations and Strategies for Biotic Stress Management 
14. New Innovations and Approaches for Biotic Stress Management of Crops 
Kiran Kumar, J. Sridhar, V.K. Choudhary, H.K. Singh, B. Parameshwari, K.M. Senthil Kumar, Bhimeshwari Sahu, Narasimham Dokka, P.N.Sivalingam 
15. Pest and Disease Monitoring and Surveillance for Ensuring Food Security 
S.N. Mandal and Parimal Sinha 
16. Novel Approaches for Biotic Stress Management in the Emerging Production System 
Jeer, M, Sahu, M.P.and Choudhary, V.K. 
Theme 5: Innovative Technologies for Agroecosystem Development 
17. Innovations on Farming System Models 
U. K. Behera 
18. Innovative Farming Systems for Self-Reliance of Farmers in Eastern India 
M.S. Malik, P.K. Ghosh, Pinaky Rai, Nikita Kumari and Christina Minz 
19. Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Necessary Structural Reforms for Self-Reliancy 
R. Kaushal, S.B. Chavan, A.K. Handa, R. Dhiman, D. Mandal, Chhavi Sirohi, and O.P. Chaturvedi 
20. Innovations on Hill Agriculture: Research and Development 
Anup Das, Lopa Mudra Sahoo, Subhra Saikat Roy, Jayanta Layek, Raghavendra Singh, G.S. Yadav, Saurav Saha, M.A. Ansari, Vinay Singh, Subhash Babu, K.P. Mohapatra and B.K. Kandpal 
21. Innovative Approaches for Agriculture in Coastal Fragile Ecosystem in India 
Uttam Kumar Mandal, Subhasis Mandal, Tashi Dorjee Lama and Dhiman Burman 
22. Structural Reforms for Inclusive Agricultural Growth and Self-Reliance of Bundelkhand Region 
Sunil Kumar, Gaurendra Gupta, A.K. Handa and P.K. Ghosh 
Theme 6: New Science and Speciality Agriculture 
23. New Vistas in Secondary Agriculture 
Krishnasree, V., Sujatha R., Seema, B.R. and Archana, P. 
24. Trends in Hi-Tech Agriculture Sector 
Prabhat Kumar, S. Gorantiwar, S.M. More, Awani Kumar Singh and Pinaki Roy 
25. Use of Space Technology in Agriculture: Innovations for a Change of Paradigm 
Debashis Chakraborty, Sunayan Saha and Saurav Saha 
26. Role of Digital Solutions in Agricultural Sector 
Gopal, U. Shinde, Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh 
27. Waste to Wealth: Innovative Ideas and Technological Initiatives 
Shiv Dhar, Renu Singh, Manoj Shrivastava and Seema Sangwan 
28. Post-harvest Management Through Convergence of Innovation and Technology 
Sudheer K.P., Sreelakshmi, K. Unni and Vithu Prabha 
Theme 7: Research and Development in Allied Sectors 
29. Research and Development, Innovations in Livestock and Fodder Sector 
Sunil Kumar, B.G. Shivakumar, S.K. Mahanta, Deepak Upadhyay and P.K. Ghosh 
30. New Developments in Fisheries Sector  Theme 8: Agricultural Education, Extension and Socio-economic Reforms 
Gopal Krishna 
31. Innovations and Reforms in Agricultural Marketing 
R.S. Pundir, Ganga Devi and Rachana Bansal 
32. Innovations in Infrastructure Development for Agricultural Growth 
Pawanexh Kohli, Raka Saxena, Ritambhara Singh and Vinita Kanwal 
33. Innovations on Extension Models for Self-Reliant India 
P. Mooventhan, R. Roy Burman and Souvik Ghosh 
34. Innovations on Agricultural Education and Policy 
Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh 
35. Structural Reforms of KVK for Atmanirbhar Bharat 
Subrata Kumar Roy, Jyotirmayee Udgata and Partha Pratim Pal 
Theme 9: Governance and Policy Reforms 
36. Governance and Policy Reforms 
P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Mandal, Debashis Chakraborty and Prabhat Kumar