Ravine Lands: Greening for Livelihood and Environmental Security
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About the Book

Describes land degradation through water and wind erosion

Fills the gap on ravine lands for environmental security

Serves a wide array of stakeholders in the field of agriculture, agroforestry, environmental sciences, forestry, and soil and water management disciplines


About the Author:

Dr Jagdish Chander Dagar has been well recognized both nationally and internationally and grown professionally through strong pursuit in agricultural, ecological and agroforestry research which is evident from his more than 280 research papers published in peer-reviewed Journals, book chapters and papers in proceedings of conferences/symposia; 12 books authored/ edited; 10 research bulletins and more than 50 popular articles. He was the Assistant Director General at the head-quarters of ICAR and Emeritus Scientist. His research interest has been in the areas of biosaline agriculture, agroforestry, management of natural resources, rehabilitation of degraded lands, biodrainage, ethnobotany, plant ecology, climate change, sustainable agriculture and policy. Recognizing the research contributions, Dr Dagar has been conferred with several awards and honours: Sajjad Memorial Gold Medal, Hari Om Asharam Trust Award of ICAR, Swami Pranavananda Saraswati National Award of UGC, CSSRI Excellence Award on Soil Salinity & Water Management, and Dr KG Tejwani Award for Excellence in Agroforestry Research & Development. Further, he is Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Fellow & Life Member of several other professional societies: International Society of Tropical Ecology, Indian Botanical Society, National Institute of Ecology, Range Management Society of India, National Environmental Science Academy, Andaman Science Association, and Indian Society of Soil Salinity & Water Quality. He has also been consulting several national and international agencies such as FAO of UN, CIMMYT, and Haryana Forest Department. Dr Dagar has travelled in several countries in different capacities and had been member of several Research Advisory Committees and Management Committees of ICAR Institutes and Board of Studies in Universities. He is Chief Editor of Journal Soil Salinity & Water Quality and also active in social services.

Dr Anil Kumar Singh has been the Vice Chancellor of the Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. Earlier he was the Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management) in ICAR 2007-2012; Acting Director IARI 2005-2006; and Project Director, Water Technology Centre 1999-2007. His areas of research interest have been soil-water-nutrient-plant interactions, crop growth simulation, irrigation water management, and integrated watershed management. Dr Singh had been a DAAD Fellow at University of Hohenheim, Germany and served in IRRI between 1993 and 1995. He is Fellow of several professional Societies including National Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Dr Singh is a recipient of several awards/hours: National Science Talent Scholarship, 1967-76; Gold Medal in MSc, 1972; IARI Best Teacher Award, 2005; Soil Conservation Society of India Gold Medal, 2006; Dr C Subramanium Outstanding Teacher Award, 2007-08; 10th Shri Hari Krishna Shastri Memorial Award, 2009; and several Memorial Lecture Awards.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789811080425
  • Publisher: Springer
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer
  • Edition: 1st ed. 2018
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 1255 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9811080429
  • Publisher Date: 18 May 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 636
  • Spine Width: 40 mm
  • Width: 163 mm


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