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This book discusses a number of recent technological and methodological progressions in achieving sustainable agriculture. It covers innovative and economically viable techniques for growers, laborers, consumers, policymakers, and others working to develop food-secure and ecologically sound agricultural practices to benefit humans and the environment. The key topics addressed include the increasing role of biofertilizers in sustainable agriculture, green synthesized nanoparticles for higher crop production rates, eco-friendly plant-based pesticides as alternatives to synthetic/chemical pesticides, use of genomics for improved plant breeding practices, and the use of biochar to increase the water-holding capacity in soil. The book concludes with an overview of satellite-based soil erosion practices to monitor and control the harmful impacts of land degradation, and a discussion of long-term strategies to reduce crop losses due to pest and insecticide damage. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in the field of environmental science, agriculture science, agronomy, and sustainable development.  

Sustainable Agriculture: Technical Progressions and Transitions

Chapter1. Understanding Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter2. Biofertilizers: Role in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter3. Organic Farming for Sustainable Soil Use, Management, Food Production.- Chapter4. Role of Plant Extracts in Sustainable Agriculture.- Chapter5. Botanical Pesticides for an eco-friendly and Sustainable Agriculture: New challenges and prospects.- Chapter6. Role of plant mediated bio- synthesised nanoparticles in agriculture.- Chapter7. Role of Green synthesised Zinc oxide nanoparticles in Agriculture.- Chapter8. Biochar: A gamechanger for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter9. Production of Biochar using Top Lit Up Draft and its application in Horticulture.- Chapter10. Use of genomics and precise breeding to genetically improve the traits of agriculturally important organisms.- Chapter11. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR): Strategies to improve heavy metal stress under sustainable agriculture.- Chapter12. Exploring the phytoremediation potential of macrophytes for treating sewage effluent through Constructed Wetland Technology (CWT) for sustainable agriculture.- Chapter13. Satellite-Based Soil Erosion Mapping.