Concepts' Dictionary Of Agricultural Sciences

by I.C. Dr. Gupta, S.K. Dr. Gupta

Overview

The increasing requirement of food and fuel lor the population as well as increasing use of raw materials for the industry are leading to the environment degradation and rapid expansion of wastelands which cannot be checked unless timely efforts are made. Outof the total landmass of 328 million hectares, India has about 175 million hectares of degraded surface. The satellite imagery, too, indicates that we are losing about 1.3 million hetares of forest per year. A National Seminar on Wastelands Development was organised by the Association for Wastelands Development in October. 1986 in New Delhi to. discuss and evaluate the strategies at the policy and implementation levels for successful completion of the schemes of environmental protection, afforestation and prevention as well as reclamation of wastelands included in the 20-point programme. This volume contains the papers presented by the participants in the Seminar. The papers fall into six major concerns. These relate to the concept and problems of wastelands, mapping, remedial measures and reclamation of wastelands as well as the economics of wasteland reclamation and planning of wasteland development. The book should prove immensely useful to students, researchers and workers in agricultural planning. For governmental and public agencies engaged in wasteland development, the book should serve as an important source of reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789390623167
Publisher:	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	06/30/1989
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

I.C. GUPTA received his Ph.D. in 1968 from University of Jodhpur. He has published about 15 books and 75 papers in the disciplines of water quality and soil salinity. He has participated in several national and international conferences and has received the Glaxo Scientific Honours Club Prize. Indian Council of Agricultural Research bestowed on him the prestigious “Dr. Rajendra Prasad Puraskar (First)” in March, 1986. He, alongwith co-author of this book, has been awarded by Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers. Currently, Dr. Gupta is working at the Jaisalmer Research Centre of the Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur.

S.K. GUPTA was awarded Ph.D. in 1984 by Jawahar Lai Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. He has been consistently working for the management of salt-affected soils through drainage, leaching and better water management. He has published 75 research papers in national and international journals. He has been awarded by the Institution of Engineers (India) and Indian Society of i Agricultural Engineers. He is currently working as Principal Scientist at the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal.