| Any disruption or perturbation in ecological system can generate serious consequences and network of ripples for resilience and livelihoods as evidenced by the challenges confronting Indian agriculture by fact and figure. Approximately, 67 per cent of India cultivable land is suffering from organic carbon status, and, the indiscriminate depletion of groundwater for supporting input intensive modern agriculture. This has led to a severe water crisis. Every five seconds, an area the size of a football field is lost due to soil erosion. An approximate amount of 15 tons top soil has been eroded of per hectare land, per year in Indian agriculture. This alarming rate of soil loss is contributing to the loss of biodiversity including flora and fauna, steady decline of organic carbon, erosion of micronutrients and fall of crop productivity. The Green Revolution overemphasized on promoting high-yielding varieties, which have led to the displacement of valuable landraces, resulting in gene myopia and gene erosion. This has had a catastrophic impact on our food production system. While experts are aware of this threat, most farmers are not, as reflected in this book while studying farmers perceptions of ecological resilience and its contribution to agriculture. India. The book presents a realistic view of the ground truth and offers an interesting interpretation of the rhetoric surrounding ecological resilience in India. |
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| author | Sankar Kr Acharya, Saikat Jana, M Haque, Anik Kundu |
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| publisher | nipa |
| language | English |
| pages | 140 |
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