Trajectory of 75 years of Indian Agriculture after Independence

Chapter 1.  Indian agriculture @75: Unraveling the trend and Trajectory.- Chapter  2. Contribution towards food supply and security.- Chapter 3. Changing Structure of Rural Employment and its Implications for Agriculture in India.- Chapter 4. Contributions of Technologies to Agricultural Development in India.- Chapter 5. Evolution of The Indian Seed Sector and its Role in Agricultural Growth.- Chapter 6. Rice research in India: A historical perspective.- Chapter 7. Wheat.- Chapter 8. Maize and Millets.- Chapter 9. Pulses.- Chapter 10. Role of Oilseeds and Oil Palm in Food, Nutritional and Income Security.- Chapter 11. Indian Horticulture @75 years of Independence.- Chapter 12. Growth and Developments in Livestock Sector.- Chapter 13. Fishery.- Chapter 14. Status of commercial crops (Jute, Cotton and Sugarcane).- Chapter 15. Natural Resource Management to attain Food and Environment Security.- Chapter 16. Water.- Chapter 17. Land - a vital component of natural resource: Pre- and post-Independence status, challenges and options to achieve food and environmental security in India.- Chapter 18. Farm Mechanization.- Chapter 19. Forests to attain Food and environment security.-  Chapter 20. Agrometeorological Research in India Towards Food and Environment Security.- Chapter 21. Sustainable Production Systems in Indian Agriculture.- Chapter 22. Dryland Agriculture.- Chapter 23. Biotic stress management in India- an endless fight since pre-independence.- Chapter 24. Invasive and Transboundary Pests.- Chapter 25. Bio pesticides.- Chapter 26. Trajectory of Market Reforms in India Facts and Foundation.- Chapter 27. Prospects of Agribusiness and Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 28. The Food Processing Industry in Post-Independence Era: Performance and Way Forward.- Chapter 29. Transformation of Agricultural Extension System in India.- Chapter 30. Recent policy reforms in India.

DR. P K GHOSH working as Founder Director and Vice Chancellor, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management (NIBSM), Raipur, earlier demonstrated leadership as National Coordinator, National Agricultural Higher Education Project -World Bank aided project, ICAR, New Delhi, Director, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi and Head, Crop Production Division, Indian Institute of pulses Research.  His pioneering works are on climate change, carbon sequestration, Resource use efficiency, conservation agriculture, crop diversification, soil water conservation, Integrated Farming System .  He has been identified as one of the two percent of agricultural scientists at global level and Member, Royal Society of Research, London.  He is recipient of 19 national awards including M.S. Randhawa Memorial Award for best Administration and also Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India and National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), and three professional society.  He served as Chairman by organizing 23rd International Grassland Congress (IGC) held first time in India, executive member of IGC continuing committee representing South-East Asia, Sectional President, Agricultural section of Indian Science Congress. Editor-in-chief, National Academy of Science, India.   Considering his academic, administrative and research excellence he was selected as co-opted member of DFI Committee, constituted by PMO and contributed to bring 14 volumes on DFI.  He also formulated four policy papers for the country.  He published 20 books and 167 research papers in the high impact factor journals with the total citation of 7947, h-index of 40 and i-10 index of 90 and total publication of 304.  
DR. ANUP DAS is presently serving as Principal Scientist (Agronomy) at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, India. His extensive research works led to development of package of practices for no-till production of