Agriculture, Environment and Energy Sustainability (ePub)

With growing concerns about environmental changes, the global community is seeking sustainable technologies to combat these issues, especially pollution and climate change. One of the most vulnerable and life sustaining activities at the risk of climate is change is agriculture. The book explores the agricultural aspect of environmental change, it crucial areas In the science of pollution and climate change and also presents a case for the use of renewable energy with special emphasis on biofuel technology. Contents 1. AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEM INTERACTION, 2. CROP DIVERSIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, 3. LAND DEGRADATION, ITS CAUSES AND IMPACT, 4. NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS AND WATER POLLUTION IN INDIA, 5. PESTICIDE USE AND ITS IMPACTS ON AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT, 6. TRANSPORT AND TRANSFORMATION OF PESTICIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT, 7. HEAVY METALS AND ITS MANAGEMENT, 8. ARSENIC POLLUTION AND ITS MANAGEMENT, 9. CHROMIUM POLLUTION: IMPACTS ON ENVIRONMENT AND REMEDIATION, 10. FLUORIDE POLLUTION: IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT AND ITS REMEDIATION, 11. CROP RESIDUES BURNING: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AND ITS MANAGEMENT, 12. GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO AND RECENT ADVANCES, 13. CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, 14. ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH INM, 15. AGROFORESTRY FOR IMPROVING CARBON SEQUESTRATION, 16. TRANSGENIC CROPS AND ITS IMPACT ON SOIL FUNCTIONS, 17. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES, 18. BIOFUELS: A CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT, 19. BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILE DEVELOPMENT, 20. ENERGY CONCEPTS ANDENERGY AUDIT, 21. MAXIMUM RESIDUE LIMIT AND ITS REGULATIONS, 22. ENVIRONMENTAL ACT AND LEGISLATION IN INDIA "