Sustainable Agriculture and the International Rice-Wheat System

by Lal; Rattan

• ISBN13: 9780824754914
• ISBN10: 0824754913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-05-24
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Addressing a topic of major importance to the maintenance of world food supplies, this reference identifies knowledge gaps, defines priorities, and formulates recommendations for the improvement of the rice-wheat farming system-revealing new systems of rice intensification and management while illustrating the application of no-till and conservation farming to the rice-wheat system with case studies from India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

Table of Contents

Foreword	iii
Dennis J. Greenland
Preface	v
I. Food Security and Natural Resources
Prospects for World Agriculture in the Twenty-First Century	1	(18)
Norman E. Borlaug
Christopher R. Dowswell
Soil and Water Resources of South Asia in an Uncertain Climate	19	(18)
Rattan Lal
Food Security and Environmental Sustainability	37	(18)
David Pimentel
II. Challenges and Opportunities of No-Till Farming
Historical Development of No-Till Farming	55	(28)
Rattan Lal
Agroecological Thoughts on Zero-Tillage: Possibilities for Improving Both Crop Components of Rice--Wheat Farming Systems with Rice Intensification	83	(18)
Norman Uphoff
Problems and Challenges of No-Till Farming for the Rice--Wheat Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia	101	(20)
Peter R. Hobbs
Raj Gupta
Opportunities and Constraints for Reduced Tillage Practices in the Rice--Wheat Cropping System	121	(12)
J. M. Duxbury
J. G. Lauren
M. H. Devare
A. S. M. H. M. Talukder
M. A. Sufian
A. Shaheed
M. I. Hossain
K. R. Dahal
C. Tripathi
G. S. Giri
C. A. Meisner
III. Applications of No-Till Farming in the Rice--Wheat System in South Asia
No-Tillage Farming in the Rice--Wheat Cropping Systems in India	133	(14)
Ram Kanwar Malik
A. Yadav
S. Singh
P. K. Sardana
Peter R. Hobbs
Raj Gupta
No-Till Option for the Rice--Wheat Cropping System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India: Some Experiences	147	(20)
J. S. Samra
D. K. Painuli
Principles and Practices of Tillage Systems for Rice--Wheat Cropping Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia	167	(42)
Yadvinder-Singh
J. K. Ladha
No-Till in the Rice--Wheat System: An Experience from Nepal	209	(10)
D. S. Pathic
R. K. Shrestha
Impact of No-Tillage Farming on Wheat Production and Resource Conservation in the Rice--Wheat Zone of Punjab. Pakistan	219	(10)
Muhammad Azeem Khan
N. I. Hashmi
Impact of No-Till Farming on the Rice--Wheat System in Bangladesh	229	(12)
N. I. Bhuiyan
M. A. Saleque
IV. Adaptation of No-Till Farming
Equipment for Sustainable Cropping Systems	241	(14)
J. N. Tullberg
J. R. Murray
D. L. George
Mechanization Challenges in No-Till Rice--Wheat System for South Asia: No-Till Seeding Drills for Small Landholders	255	(18)
John E. Morrison, Jr.
No-Till Rice--Wheat Farming: The Arkansas Experience	273	(10)
Merle M. Anders
Jason Grantham
Jared Holzhauer
Tony E. Windham
Impact of No-Till Farming in the United States	283	(8)
B. A. Stewart
No-Till Farming in Brazil and Its Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality	291	(20)
Pedro L. O. A. Machado
Pedro Luiz de Freitas
Potential of Tillage, Agropastoral, and Planted Fallow Systems in Low-Fertility Tropical Soils of Latin America	311	(26)
Bal Ram Singh
Idupulapati M. Rao
Edmundo Barrios
Edgar Amezquita
The Raised Bed System of Cultivation for Irrigated Production Conditions	337	(20)
Kenneth D. Sayre
Peter R. Hobbs
Control of Rice Water Weevil in a Stale or Tilled Seedbed	357	(6)
M. O. Way
R. G. Wallace
M. S. Nunez
G. N. McCauley
V. Social and Economic Issues
Social and Economic Issues in Agricultural Intensification	363	(14)
G. Edward Schuh
Impact of Conservation Tillage in a Temperate Environment	377	(12)
D. Lynn Forster
Policy Challenges for the Rice--Wheat Farming Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains	389	(14)
Peter Hazell
Mark Rosegrant
Soil and Water Sustainability Issues Related to Australian Grain Cropping Systems	403	(18)
Frank M. Vanclay
Technology for Small Farms: The Challenge of Diversity	421	(10)
Peter E. Hildebrand
Adapt or Adopt? Prospects for Conservation Tillage in the Indian Farming System	431	(16)
Paul Robbins
Innovation, Degradation, and Conservation in South Asia's Rice-Wheat System: Farmers' Choices and Lessons from U.S. Experience	447	(18)
Keith D. Wiebe
Paul Heisey
VI. Networking and International Cooperation
Toward Promoting Conservation Agriculture for the Rice--Wheat System	465	(14)
Jose R. Benites
The Role of South Asian Conservation Agriculture Network (SACAN) in No-Till Farming in Pakistan	479	(16)
Mushtaq A. Gill
Maqsood Ahmed
VII. Conclusions
Reconciling Food Security with Environment Quality Through No-Till Farming	495	(18)
Rattan Lal
David O. Hansen
Peter R. Hobbs
Norman Uphoff
Index	513