Sustaining traditional agricultural practices for food security
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lucknow, India :
International Book Distributing Co. ,
c2008
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Philosophical basis of sustainability
- 2. Reasons of search for sustainability
- 3. Core principles for sustainable agriculture
- 4. Definition of indigenous knowledge system and need for a new methodology of study
- 5. India's traditional technique of agro-meteorological predictions
- 6. Sustained productivity through integrated organic agriculture: success stories
- 7. India's indigenous irrigation techniques
- 8. India's emergent bio-nutrition and soil rejuvenating technology
- 9. Traditional agriculture technology and farmers continuing innovation
- 10. Indigenous crop-specific farming technology
- 11. Indigenous animal husbandry technology
- 12. Perspective of research building upon traditional technology