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Soft cover. Zustand: New. Fruitful Insights explores these intriguing questions and many more, revealing the profound ecological, cultural, and economic significance of India's fruit trees. From ancient myths such as Shabari offering wild berries to Rama to contemporary stories of the Soliga tribes reclaiming stewardship over Amla forests, the book weaves together history, science, and lived traditions. Richly illustrated and engagingly written, the book examines how fruit trees shape languages, festivals, art, and rural livelihoods. It explains the ecological partnerships between fruiting trees, bees, bats, birds, and even the wind, while also unpacking the chemistry of flavours, pigments, and aromas that attract wildlife and humans alike. Readers are introduced to the science of selective breeding and biotechnology that influences the fruits on our tables today. Bringing together perspectives from ecology, economics, nutrition, and conservation biology, Fruitful Insights reveals fruit trees as a vital link between forests and farms, wildlife and wellness, tradition and technology. Celebrating both iconic fruits like mango and lesser-known wild fruits of India, the book invites scientists, farmers, policymakers, students, and nature lovers to see fruit trees not merely as sources of food, but as living threads that bind India's landscapes, livelihoods, and legends.…

Soft cover. Zustand: New. Fruitful Insights explores these intriguing questions and many more, revealing the profound ecological, cultural, and economic significance of India's fruit trees. From ancient myths such as Shabari offering wild berries to Rama to contemporary stories of the Soliga tribes reclaiming stewardship over Amla forests, the book weaves together history, science, and lived traditions. Richly illustrated and engagingly written, the book examines how fruit trees shape languages, festivals, art, and rural livelihoods. It explains the ecological partnerships between fruiting trees, bees, bats, birds, and even the wind, while also unpacking the chemistry of flavours, pigments, and aromas that attract wildlife and humans alike. Readers are introduced to the science of selective breeding and biotechnology that influences the fruits on our tables today. Bringing together perspectives from ecology, economics, nutrition, and conservation biology, Fruitful Insights reveals fruit trees as a vital link between forests and farms, wildlife and wellness, tradition and technology. Celebrating both iconic fruits like mango and lesser-known wild fruits of India, the book invites scientists, farmers, policymakers, students, and nature lovers to see fruit trees not merely as sources of food, but as living threads that bind India's landscapes, livelihoods, and legends.…

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. pp. viii + 158.

Zustand: New. pp. 202.

Zustand: New. pp. xii + 133 Illus.

Zustand: New. pp. 98 Figures, Illus.

Contents Preface 1 Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields making agriculture truly environment friendlyAK Misra Venkatesh Bharadwaj and Akansha Rastogi 2 Impact of climate change on agriculture adopting some adaptation measuresHarsh Vardhan Puranik and Atul Kumar Gupta 3 Climate change and its impact on productivity of rice and wheat a case of Tarai Area of UttarakhandHS Kushwaha Manisha Rani Amod Kumar and Menka Mehra 4 Climate change agriculture interrelationships issues facing rural IndiaArpita Sharma 5 Impact of climatic variability on rice and wheat productivity experiences from Meerut District of Western Uttar PradeshUP Shahi Ashok Kumar BP Dhyani RK Naresh Deepak Sisodia and AK Chaubey 6 Factors for climate change efforts to overcome global warming impact on agricultural production system and livelihoodLal Singh Parmeet Singh BA Khanday and Subhash Chand 7 Effect of High Diurnal temperature on pollen and spikelet sterility of basmati and non basmati rice varieties agriculture as a climate sensitive sectorV Venkatramanan SD Singh and Shachi Shah 8 Climate change and its potential effects on tree line position impending threats of increasing temperatureNisar Bhat 9 Global Climate change and its impact on livestock production a threat to livestock dependent economiesAli Seid Mohammed and Kon Daniel Awan 10 Contribution of livestock to global warming a focus on mitigation strategiesLipismita Samal and Chinmoy Mishra 11 Global warming climate change and burning problems livestock not to the blameAlok Kumar Akanksha Rastogi Vivek pal and Ambrish Kumar 12 Bed planting system promotes crop diversification for improving livelihoods in Indo-Gangetic plainsRK Naresh B Singh Ashok Kumar and UP Shahi 13 Climate change as a multiplier of food security risksPoonam Khurana 14 Food production in peril concerns and challenges of global warmingKush Kalra 15 Climate change impact on forest cover in IndiaAtul Dubey 16 Estimation of salinity areas through visual interpretation in parts of South West Punjab using remote sensing and GISAvadhesh Kumar Koshal 17 Growth photopsynthesis Nodule nitrogen and carbon fixation in Berseem Trifolium Alexandrinum L genotypes under salinity stressDeepak Kumar Depika and PK Singh 18 Adaptation capabilities of mountain agriculture a response to global warmingVir Singh and BS Bisht 19 Agricultures potential to combat climate change a review of the evidenceKavita Tariyal and Uma Melkania 20 The Himalaya Rangelands basis for ecological food and livelihood securityVir Singh Nanda Nautiyal and JC Badola Climate change is looming large on the globe and has become a major issue of our concern This situation of the global environment poses threat at several fronts Agriculture which is closely linked with weather cycle is one of such fronts All agricultural operations are designed in tune with climate pattern Even a slight fluctuation in any critical environmental factor such as temperature may cause irreversible damage to agricultural performance The present book underlines such concerns about current status our environment and agriculture Edited by prominent scholars of the first and the largest agricultural university of India the book collates the perspective and research based articles portraying agriculture scenarios under the spell of on going climate change and offering adaptation strategies to overcome current and perceived problems Containing 20 chapters the book discusses impact of the changing climate on agriculture and of agriculture on environment climate change influence on productivity of crops effect of high diurnal temperature on pollen and spikelet sterility climate change effects on forests and forestry and livestock livestocks contribution to global warming etc The book also attempts to underline various strategies for reducing agricultures vulnerability to climate change and for adaptation to on going climate change The book will be useful for agriculturists climate change specialists. tables, photos (illustrator).…

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents: 1. Economics: Definitions, Terms, Methods of Economic Analysis, Micro and Macro Economics, Positive and Normative Analysis, and Meaning, Scope and Subject Matter. 2. Nature of Economic Theory, Rationality Assumption, Concept of Equilibrium, Economic Law as Generalization of Human Behaviour. 3. Basic Concepts: Goods and Services, Desire, Want, Demand, Utility, Cost and Price, Wealth, Capital, Income and Welfare. 4. Agricultural Economics: Meaning, Definition, Characteristics of Agriculture, Importance and its Role in Economic Development, Agricultural Planning and Development in the Country. 5. Demand: Meaning, Law of Demand, Schedule and Demand Curve, Determinants, Utility Theory, Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility, Equi-Marginal Utility Principle, Consumer's Equilibrium and Derivation of Demand Curve. 6. Elasticity of Demand: Definition and Evaluation of Price Income and Cross Elasticities. 7. Production Process, Utility Creation, Production Factors and Input-Output Relationship. 8. Cost Curves Concepts, Short Run and Long Run Cost. 9. Supply Stock vs. Supply, the Law of Supply, the Schedule, the Supply Curve, the Factors Affecting Supply and the Elasticity of Supply. 10. Market Meaning and Types of Markets, Basic Features of Perfectly Competitive and Imperfect Markets, Price Determination under Perfect Competition-Short Run and Long Run Equilibrium of Firm and Industry, Shut Down and Break Even Points and More. 11. Distribution Theory Definition, Factor Market, Factor Pricing, Concepts of Rent, Wage Interest and Profit. 12. National Income: Significance and Meaning, Circular Flow of National Income, Accounting Concepts, Measurement Methods and Measurement Challenges. 13. Population Theories of Importance, Malthusian and Optimum Populations, Natural and Socioeconomic Factors, and Population Control Policies and Programmes. 14. Money Problems with the Barter System of Exchange, the Development of Money, Its Meaning and Purposes, Different Categories of Money, Supply, the General Price Index, Inflation and Deflation. 15. Banking Functions of Commercial and Central Banks, Bank Types, and Credit Creation Policies in the Modern Economy. 16. Agricultural and Public Finance Definition, Micro vs. Macro Finance, Need for Agricultural Finance, Public Revenue and Expenditure: Agricultural and Public Finance. 17. Tax Direct and Indirect Taxes, Agricultural Taxes and VAT are all Types of Taxes. 18. Economic Systems Economic Concepts and Their Functions Elements of Economic Planning and Important Characteristics of Capitalistic, Socialistic and Mixed Economies. This basic book Basic Agricultural Economics is a scholars' guide, written for those who want to understand the theory, concepts, principles on which economy revolves. It is intended for students who are taking their first course as well as in their higher studies and preparation for various competitive examinations in agricultural social science discipline. It introduces economic principles in a succinct and reader-friendly format, providing students and instructors with a clear, up-to-date, and straightforward approach to learning how a market-based economy functions. It explains the general principles underlying different economic systems, divisions and so on. It has covered all the topics such as basic concepts in economics, theory of consumer behaviour, Indifference curve, demand and supply, elasticity, laws of returns and capital formation in readable language. With clear explanations of the entire field, from demand of single consumer to public finance of the nation, this is the best book for anyone who wishes to understand how the economy functions.…

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Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 202 pages. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New.

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Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. 2026. 2026th Edition. hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.