Water, energy, food, and ecology play significant roles in poverty reduction, human well-
being, and regional sustainable development. With the increasing demand for energy and …

Major challenges faced by the human population in recent times include population
increase, resource depletion and deterioration of environmental quality. The scarcity of food …

Amid the current environmental crises that exert enormous pressure on the arable lands,
there is a need to adopt environment-friendly effective but highly productive conservation …

Sustainability of conventional agricultural production systems is threatened by triple
challenges of energy and environmental crises, deteriorating natural resources bases, and …

Improving soil water holding capacity (WHC) through conservation agriculture (CA)-
practices, ie, minimum mechanical soil disturbance, crop diversification, and soil mulch …

Abstract The Eastern Gangetic Plains of South Asia is a region of high rural poverty and low
agronomic productivity, with crops grown using traditional management practices which are …

The conventional rice-wheat system in the western Indo-Gangetic plain of India is energy
and water intensive with high carbon footprint. The transition towards resource-efficient eco …

Climate change poses daunting challenges to agricultural production and food security.
Rising temperatures, shifting weather patterns, and more frequent extreme events have …

Ensuring freshwater availability and supply sufficient for socio-economic development is
important for human health and productivity. Globally, increasing industrial agriculture is …

The increase in agriculture production to meet the food demand of growing human
population from a limited availability of arable land with low environmental footprints and …