Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals viz., environmental health, economic profitability, and social equity. Developing much needed innovations and connecting them is the most appropriate way to make farm management easier, effective and more efficient: helping growers balance risk, manage inputs more precisely and grow crops more sustainably. The present book entitled Advancing Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture, Vol. 2 is a sincere attempt to highlight how farming innovations can feed the world and protect the planet. It deals with the various issues of agricultural sustainability with a variety of innovative lasting solutions like artificial intelligence, block chain, remote sensing and GIS, nanotechnology, use of drones and robots, etc. Reaching towards the goal of sustainable agriculture is the responsibility of all members in the system, including farmers, laborers, policy planners, researchers, retailers, and consumers. This book would surely serve as a valuable source book for all the partners who want to be fully acquainted with the recent innovations in agricultural technologies that make sense from social, economic, and environmental viewpoints.
Dr. Sanjay-Swami is Professor in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry at School of Natural Resource Management, College of Post Graduate Studies in Agricultural Sciences, Barapani under Central Agricultural University, Imphal. He holds a Ph.D. in Soil Science from CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India. Apart from teaching UG, PG and Ph.D. courses, he is an active researcher in the field of conservation and management of natural resources, especially in the Indian Himalayan Region for more than 18 years. He handled 7 externally funded projects and contributed over 150 research papers and technical articles in various journals/periodicals of international repute. He has also to his credit 18 standard books and more than 50 book chapters. He has guided/guiding 5 Ph.D. and 15 M.Sc. scholars, attended more than 25 international conferences, presented research papers and won many prestigious awards viz. SCSI Gold Medal Award, SCSI Leadership Award, Young Scientist Award, Distinguished Scientist Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, etc. He has wide international exposure and visited many countries like The Netherlands, China, Japan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Mongolia, etc. for various academic purposes. He is editor, associate editor, consulting editor and reviewer of many national and international journals.