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Sustainable Hill Agriculture: An Overview

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Agriculture is the predominant livelihood activity in hills. In India this region is spread over an area of 53.8 million ha, which is inhabited by 33.7 million people of whom more than 90% live in rural setup. Agriculture is much more important for hills economy as scope for industrialization is limited due to topographical constraints and environmental concerns. There are vast forests, pastures, grazing lands, miscellaneous groves and trees, much higher rainfall, moderate temperature and intensive natural vegetation which add lot of organic matter every year to soils. Naturally the fertility of soils in hills is comparatively high as compared to plain areas. Hills also have a comparatively advantage or ï¿½nicheï¿½ over plains for production of the off-season vegetables; hi-value vegetable seeds sub- temperate and temperate fruits like apple, almond, kiwi etc. , medicinal plants and other high value cash crops. However sustaining productivity in the hills is a major challenge. Sustainability is the ability of a system and its sub systems to maintain a certain well defined level of performance or output over time. Sustainable agriculture development thus implies the management of resources including land, labour, capital, technology and water. The hills have limited cultivated land across the Indian Himalayas. Their economy is largely dependent upon agricultural crops, horticulture and livestock rearing. Farming in hills assumes greater significance in comparison to lowlands for reasons of fragility of environment. Agriculture is an important of all farming systems in the hills.

Dr. (Prof.) Arvind Kumar Purohit

Dr. Arvind Kumar, (now known as Dr. AK Purohit) is the Professor of Plant Biology and former Director of Extension Education, SK Rajasthan Agriculture University, Bikaner. He has worked at various faculty positions from Astt. Professor to Professor at JN Vyas University, Jodhpur, Govt. College, Kota, SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner, and SK RAU, Bikaner for more than 47 years. He has guided several post graduate students at M.Sc. and Ph. D level, has published many research papers, books and reviews. His students are serving as professors and at many important positions at state and central govt. services. He retired as Professor of Plant Physiology and Director of Extension Education and Director, Academic Staff College & Distance Education from SK RAU, Bikaner in 2009. He has been active after superannuation on various academic assignments, advisory and consultancy. He started to learn Bach flower Remedy system in 2019 and completed final level 3 to become first BFRP, Bach flower Registered Practitioner (UK) from Rajasthan since April, 2021. Later he got initiated in Inner engineering (Sadhguru), went on to learn Crystal Therapy and Dousing and Elements of Sanskrit. Proficient in public speaking and a creative literary writer, Dr. Purohit has established an Academy in 2023- Soumitra Deepti Academy of Fundamentals (The SDAF, Sambal) for helping school and college level students in their studies and career.

Table of Contents..

Section I: OVERVIEW

Hill Agriculture: Status and Strategies in Indian Himalayas

SECTION II: NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Rain Water Harvesting for Sustainable Montane Agro-Ecosystems
Harvested Water Based Farming System for Production Sustenance in Drylands
Degradation of Catchments in Lower Shiwaliks of Jammu and Kashmir
Management of Problematic Soils of North-West Himalayas for Sustainable Hill Agriculture
Soil Erosion and Conservation in Lower Shiwaliks of Punjab
Natural Resource Conservation Technologies for Sustainable Crop Production
Agroforestry for the Hills
Agroforestry: A Potential Land Use in Conservation of Natural Resources and Sustainability of Farming Systems

SECTION III: AGRONOMICAL INTERVENTIONS

Potential of Integrated Nutrient Supply and Soil Health Improvement in Sustainable Cropping Systems of Indian Himalayas
Agro-Technological Advances for Sustainable Crop Production in Cold Arid Region
Integrated Weed Management in Hill Agriculture
Integrated Pest Management in Food Security - An Overview
Bio-Intensive Pest Management in High Altitude Crops
Pest Management in Hill Agro-Ecosystem For Sustainable Production
Seed Hardening Techniques for Rainfed Farming

SECTION IV: CROP IMPROVEMENT

Conventional and Advanced Breeding Approaches for Maize Improvement Under North West Himalayas
Promotion of Hybrid Rice Towards Food Security in Hilly Regions
Prospects of Upland Rice Improvement for Sustainable Hill Agriculture
Sustainable Upland Rice Cultivation in Hills –A Case Study in Himachal Pradesh
Agro-Biodiversity Conservation in North Western Himalayas and Implications in Crop Improvement
Cold Stress: Defense System Towards Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanism

SECTION V: HORTICULTURE

Cultivation of Saffron (Crocus sativus L.): A High Value Low Volume Crop in Temperate Region of Jammu with Reference to Kishtwar – An Overview
Prospects of Sustainable Horticulture in Hill Agriculture
Improved Agronomy for Hill Orchards
Vegetable Cultivation in Hills: Principles and Practices
Vegetable Seed Production in Hills

SECTION VI: POST HARVEST