Innovations in Agriculture for a Self-Reliant India

P.K. Ghosh, Director and Vice Chancellor, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-493 225, India; Former National Coordinator, ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, KAB-II, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, India; Former Director, ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh-284 003, IndiaPrabhat Kumar, National Coordinator, ICAR-National Agricultural Higher Education Project, KAB-II, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, IndiaDebashis Chakraborty, Principal Scientist and National Fellow (ICAR), Division of Agricultural Physics, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, PUSA Campus, New Delhi-110 012, IndiaDebashis Mandal, Principal Scientist and National Fellow (ICAR), Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, 218, Kaulagarh Road, Near SBI Bank, Dehradun, Uttarakhand-248 195, IndiaP.N. Sivalingam, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Institute of Biotic Stress Management, Baronda, Raipur, Chhattisgarh-493 225, India

• Theme 1: Agriculture Sector in India: Challenges Now and in Future1. Indian Agriculture: Issues, Challenges and Priorities — P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Chakraborty, Debashis Mandal and Prabhat Kumar 2. Innovations in Agriculture: An Overview Theme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement — Jagdish Kumar, P.N. Sivalingam, Mallikarjuna, J, S.K. Jain Sridhar, J, K. Kiran Kumar, Sujay Anand and P.K. GhoshTheme 2: New Trends and Future Research and Development in Crop Improvement3. New Plant Breeding Techniques and Current Trends in Plant Breeding Research — Kumar Durgesh, Gyan P. Mishra, Rekha Joshi and S.M.S. Tomar4. Innovations in Seed Sector and Its Regulations for Atmanirbhar Bharat — D. Vijay5. Innovations on Agrobiodiversity for Sustainable Agriculture in India — K.K. Gangopadhyay, Anuradha Agrawal, Gowthami R. 6. Innovations to Make India Self-Reliant in Edible Oil Production: The Story of Oil Palm Theme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management — R.K. Mathur, K. Manorama, B. Kalyanababu, G. Ravichandran, K. Ramachandrudu and M.V. PrasadTheme 3: Innovations and Strategies for Abiotic Stress Management7. Natural Resource Management for Building a Self-Reliant India — Debashis Mandal, Nishita Giri, Gopal Kumar and Raman Jeet Singh8. Innovations in Water Management in Agriculture — K.G. Mandal, Dibakar Ghosh, Amod K. Thakur and R.K. Mohanty9. Innovations of Controlling Desertification and in Renewable Energy — Priyabrata Santra, Mahesh Kumar, N.R. Panwar, R.K. Goyal, H.M. Meena, R.N. Kumawat, Akath Singh and B.L. Manjunatha10. Innovations on Climate Smart Agriculture and Structural Reforms for Self-Reliant India — Gouranga Kar and Ritesh Saha11. Carbon Neutral Roadmap for Green India — Shrikant Badole, Dibakar Roy, Love Kumar Singh, Ashim Datta12. Innovative Solutions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions — P. Bhattacharyya, S. Neogi, S.R. Padhy, P.K. Dash13. Disaster Management: New Strategies — Joydeep Mukherjee and K.K. BandyopadhyayTheme 4: Innovations and Strategies for Biotic Stress Management14. New Innovations and Approaches for Biotic Stress Management of Crops — Kiran Kumar, J. Sridhar, V.K. Choudhary, H.K. Singh, B. Parameshwari, K.M. Senthil Kumar, Bhimeshwari Sahu, Narasimham Dokka, P.N.Sivalingam15. Pest and Disease Monitoring and Surveillance for Ensuring Food Security — S.N. Mandal and Parimal Sinha16. Novel Approaches for Biotic Stress Management in the Emerging Production System — Jeer, M, Sahu, M.P.and Choudhary, V.K. Theme 5: Innovative Technologies for Agroecosystem Development17. Innovations on Farming System Models — U. K. Behera18. Innovative Farming Systems for Self-Reliance of Farmers in Eastern India — M.S. Malik, P.K. Ghosh, Pinaky Rai, Nikita Kumari and Christina Minz19. Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification in Agriculture: Necessary Structural Reforms for Self-Reliancy — R. Kaushal, S.B. Chavan, A.K. Handa, R. Dhiman, D. Mandal, Chhavi Sirohi, and O.P. Chaturvedi20. Innovations on Hill Agriculture: Research and Development — Anup Das, Lopa Mudra Sahoo, Subhra Saikat Roy, Jayanta Layek, Raghavendra Singh, G.S. Yadav, Saurav Saha, M.A. Ansari, Vinay Singh, Subhash Babu, K.P. Mohapatra and B.K. Kandpal21. Innovative Approaches for Agriculture in Coastal Fragile Ecosystem in India — Uttam Kumar Mandal, Subhasis Mandal, Tashi Dorjee Lama and Dhiman Burman22. Structural Reforms for Inclusive Agricultural Growth and Self-Reliance of Bundelkhand Region — Sunil Kumar, Gaurendra Gupta, A.K. Handa and P.K. GhoshTheme 6: New Science and Speciality Agriculture23. New Vistas in Secondary Agriculture — Krishnasree, V., Sujatha R., Seema, B.R. and Archana, P.24. Trends in Hi-Tech Agriculture Sector — Prabhat Kumar, S. Gorantiwar, S.M. More, Awani Kumar Singh and Pinaki Roy25. Use of Space Technology in Agriculture: Innovations for a Change of Paradigm — Debashis Chakraborty, Sunayan Saha and Saurav Saha26. Role of Digital Solutions in Agricultural Sector — Gopal, U. Shinde, Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh27. Waste to Wealth: Innovative Ideas and Technological Initiatives — Shiv Dhar, Renu Singh, Manoj Shrivastava and Seema Sangwan28. Post-harvest Management Through Convergence of Innovation and Technology — Sudheer K.P., Sreelakshmi, K. Unni and Vithu PrabhaTheme 7: Research and Development in Allied Sectors29. Research and Development, Innovations in Livestock and Fodder Sector — Sunil Kumar, B.G. Shivakumar, S.K. Mahanta, Deepak Upadhyay and P.K. Ghosh30. New Developments in Fisheries Sector Theme 8: Agricultural Education, Extension and Socio-economic Reforms — Gopal Krishna31. Innovations and Reforms in Agricultural Marketing — R.S. Pundir, Ganga Devi and Rachana Bansal32. Innovations in Infrastructure Development for Agricultural Growth — Pawanexh Kohli, Raka Saxena, Ritambhara Singh and Vinita Kanwal33. Innovations on Extension Models for Self-Reliant India — P. Mooventhan, R. Roy Burman and Souvik Ghosh34. Innovations on Agricultural Education and Policy — Prabhat Kumar and P.K. Ghosh35. Structural Reforms of KVK for Atmanirbhar Bharat — Subrata Kumar Roy, Jyotirmayee Udgata and Partha Pratim PalTheme 9: Governance and Policy Reforms36. Governance and Policy Reforms — P.K. Ghosh, P.N. Sivalingam, Debashis Mandal, Debashis Chakraborty and Prabhat Kumar