Sustainable Agriculture Management in Semi-Arid Climates: Volume 2
暫譯: 半乾旱氣候下的可持續農業管理：第二卷

《半乾旱氣候下的可持續農業管理》第二卷深入探討了應對這些脆弱地區農業可持續性挑戰所需的創新策略、先進技術和管理實踐。本書匯集了一系列章節，呈現出一種跨學科的農業可持續性方法，專注於實用解決方案和技術創新，這些方案和創新能夠增強韌性、提高生產力並促進長期的生態健康。本卷涵蓋了多樣且關鍵的主題，這些主題對於半乾旱氣候下的可持續農業管理至關重要。全書分為四個部分，每個部分專注於農業可持續性的不同方面。本書將吸引農業、環境管理和可持續性領域的科學家、學生、學者、研究人員和教授。

Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh is working as Vice-Chancellor of Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has an experience of more than 35 years in the field of Agricultural Research, Education, and Extension. He served on various positions viz. Director ICAR-ATARI, Kanpur 2005 to 2014; Assistant Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR, New Delhi, 2014; Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR, New Delhi, 2014 to 2022; Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science), (Additional Charge), ICAR, New Delhi, 2015-16; Deputy Director General (Horticultural Science), (Additional Charge), ICAR, New Delhi; 2016-17; Director & Vice-Chancellor (Additional Charge), ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, 2017-20. Agriculture Commissioner, Govt. of India 2021- 22. Dr. Singh is a fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Science (NAAS) and has got a number of awards and recognitions including the Swami Sahajanand Best Extension Scientist award of ICAR, a member of the Uttar Pradesh Farmer Commission and has published more than 150 research papers and articles in scientific journals. His major research and development work has been in the area of technology assessment, application and outreach through a large network of NAREES (National Agricultural Research and Education and Extension System). The conceptual framework and models like Farmer FIRST, ARYA (Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture), and work in the area of Climate resilient agriculture, Nutri-sensitive agriculture, Pulses and Oilseeds promotion, digital agriculture, landscape diagnostics, etc.

Dr. Pavan Kumar is a distinguished academician and researcher specializing in Remote Sensing and Climate Change, currently serving as Assistant Professor of Wildlife Management, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences and has made impactful contributions to geospatial technology and environmental monitoring. Notably, he designed an IoT-based solar-powered automated drip irrigation system and developed innovative techniques for water resource management under national schemes like PMKSY-2. He received the Innovation Award from the Asian Association of Remote Sensing (China), the Young Scientist Award from the International Geographical Union (USA), and multiple national honors including the Prof. T.S. Murthy Award from IIT Kharagpur and accolades from the National Environmental Science Academy. Dr. Kumar has published over 70 research papers in reputed international journals and contributed to more than 15 books on diverse topics such as land use change, biodiversity conservation, forest ecosystem vulnerability, climate change impacts, and agricultural responses during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has led and contributed to several major research projects funded by SERB-DST, NABARD, and the Forest Department of Uttar Pradesh. His international exposure includes academic visits and fellowships in countries like Malaysia (2010), Indonesia (2013, 2025), Brazil (2015), China (2015, 2016), France (2016), The Netherland (2016), Italy (2017), USA (2017, 2018), Japan (2020), and Singapore (2023). Through fellowships by bodies like IOC/UNESCO, CLIVAR, ACAM, and WCRP, he has contributed to global dialogues on climate change and sustainable resource management. Dr. Kumar continues to blend technological innovation with ecological conservation, making valuable contributions to India's environmental research and policy landscape.

Dr. S. S. Singh served as the Director of Extension Education at Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University, Jhansi, UP. Dr. Singh has experience of more than 18 years in the rank of Professor as Principal Scientist/ Head of Division/Director in ICAR/ Central Agricultural University. Dr. Singh underwent advance trainings in IACR Rothamsted, University of Reading, University of East Angelia, Cornel University and CIMMYT Mexico. Dr. Singh has handled 17 foreign / external funded projects on Natural Resource Management, Crop Management, livelihood Development and Crop Improvement funded by DFID, IFAD, USAID, BMGF, IRRI, CIMMYT, Ford Foundation and European Union. As Agronomist, he has contributed in development of five rice varieties which have been released by CVRC and Bihar SVRC and are suitable for aerobic drought prone, late direct seeding, contingency cropping and rainfed lowland conditions. He has worked in most of the agricultural extension projects like Lab to Land Programme (1986-188), Training & Visit Programme(1987-89), FSR/E (1992-96), TAR through IVLP (2001-04) and FLD on rice (1992-98) &Maize (2004-06) and NAIP III - IFS in Disadvantaged districts (2008-12). He has published more than 165 Research Papers, 6 books, 20 Book Chapters, 15 Technical Bulletins, 165 Papers in Proceedings/ symposium/ seminar, 60 Popular Articles and 40 Extension Folders. He has visited USA, UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal. He is recipient of Rajeev Gandhi GyanVigyan Award from Ministry of Home Affairs, FAI award, Senior Research Fellowship of ICAR, Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR in Social Science.

阿肖克·庫馬爾·辛格博士目前擔任印度烏塔爾邦詹西的拉尼·拉克什米·拜中央農業大學副校長。他在農業研究、教育和推廣領域擁有超過35年的經驗。曾擔任多個職位，包括2005年至2014年擔任ICAR-ATARI坎普爾的主任；2014年擔任ICAR新德里的助理總監（農業推廣）；2014年至2022年擔任ICAR新德里的副總監（農業推廣）；2015-16年擔任ICAR新德里的副總監（漁業科學）（附加職務）；2016-17年擔任ICAR新德里的副總監（園藝科學）（附加職務）；2017-20年擔任ICAR-IARI新德里的主任及副校長（附加職務）。2021-22年擔任印度政府農業專員。辛格博士是國家農業科學院（NAAS）的院士，獲得多項獎項和榮譽，包括ICAR的斯瓦米·薩哈詹南德最佳推廣科學家獎，並且是烏塔爾邦農民委員會的成員，已在科學期刊上發表超過150篇研究論文和文章。他的主要研究和發展工作集中在技術評估、應用和通過NAREES（國家農業研究、教育和推廣系統）的大型網絡進行推廣。概念框架和模型如農民第一（Farmer FIRST）、吸引和留住農業青年（ARYA）以及在氣候韌性農業、營養敏感農業、豆類和油籽推廣、數位農業、景觀診斷等領域的工作。

帕萬·庫馬爾博士是一位傑出的學者和研究人員，專注於遙感和氣候變化，目前擔任印度烏塔爾邦詹西的拉尼·拉克什米·拜中央農業大學園藝與林業學院的野生動物管理助理教授。他擁有自然科學博士學位，對地理空間技術和環境監測做出了重要貢獻。值得注意的是，他設計了一個基於物聯網的太陽能自動滴灌系統，並在PMKSY-2等國家計劃下開發了創新的水資源管理技術。他獲得了來自亞洲遙感協會（中國）的創新獎、國際地理聯合會（美國）的青年科學家獎，以及多項國家榮譽，包括來自IIT卡拉格普爾的T.S.穆爾提教授獎和國家環境科學學院的獎項。庫馬爾博士在知名國際期刊上發表了超過70篇研究論文，並為超過15本書籍貢獻了內容，主題涵蓋土地利用變化、生物多樣性保護、森林生態系統脆弱性、氣候變化影響以及COVID-19大流行期間的農業應對。他主導並參與了多個由SERB-DST、NABARD和烏塔爾邦森林部資助的重大研究項目。他的國際經驗包括在馬來西亞（2010年）、印尼（2013年、2025年）、巴西（2015年）、中國（2015年、2016年）、法國（2016年）、荷蘭（2016年）、意大利（2017年）、美國（2017年、2018年）、日本（2020年）和新加坡（2023年）的學術訪問和獎學金。通過IOC/UNESCO、CLIVAR、ACAM和WCRP等機構的獎學金，他為全球氣候變化和可持續資源管理的對話做出了貢獻。庫馬爾博士持續將技術創新與生態保護相結合，為印度的環境研究和政策領域做出寶貴貢獻。

S. S. 辛格博士曾擔任印度烏塔爾邦詹西的拉尼·拉克什米·拜中央農業大學推廣教育主任。辛格博士在ICAR/中央農業大學擔任教授、首席科學家/部門負責人/主任的職位上擁有超過18年的經驗。辛格博士曾在IACR羅瑟姆斯特德、雷丁大學、東安格利亞大學、康奈爾大學和CIMMYT墨西哥接受進修訓練。辛格博士負責17個由DFID、IFAD、USAID、BMGF、IRRI、CIMMYT、福特基金會和歐盟資助的自然資源管理、作物管理、生計發展和作物改良的外國/外部資助項目。作為農藝師，他參與了五個水稻品種的開發，這些品種已由CVRC和比哈爾SVRC釋放，適合於耐旱、晚期直接播種、應急作物和雨養低地條件。他參與了大多數農業推廣項目，如從實驗室到土地計劃（1986-1988）、培訓與訪問計劃（1987-1989）、FSR/E（1992-1996）、通過IVLP的TAR（2001-2004）以及水稻（1992-1998）和玉米（2004-2006）的FLD和NAIP III - IFS在弱勢地區（2008-2012）。他已發表超過165篇研究論文、6本書籍、20章書籍、15份技術公報、165篇會議/研討會論文、60篇流行文章和40份推廣資料。他曾訪問美國、英國、澳大利亞、墨西哥、泰國、菲律賓、孟加拉國和尼泊爾。他獲得了內政部的拉吉夫·甘地知識科學獎、FAI獎、ICAR的高級研究獎學金以及ICAR社會科學卓越團隊研究獎。