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Covering a wide array of topics on the status and challenges of
organic farming, including production, nutrient management, plant
protection, processing methods, organic production, policy issues,
etc., in food crops, vegetable crops, and sugarcane, this new
volume addresses how organic farming is an attractive option toward
the reduction of toxic emissions produced from traditional
agriculture and how it can help mitigate the deleterious effects on
crops from climate change. With a focus primarily on India but with
application elsewhere in the agricultural world, the volume looks
at organic crop production in conjunction with ensuring rural
livelihood security, maintaining and enhancing soil health,
sugarcane productivity and sugar industry by-products, nutritional
management in system-based organic farming, the management of pests
in organic farming, the use of vermiculture as an important method
for organic farming, and much more. The volume also looks at the
issues and challenges in the marketing of organic produce.
Algal and sustainable technologies: Bioenergy, Nannotechnology and
Green chemistry is an interdisciplinary overview of the worldâs
major problems; water scarcity, clean environment and energy and
their sustenance remedy measures using microalgae. It
comprehensively presents the way to tackle the socio-economic
issues including food, feed, fuel, medicine and health and also
entails the untapped potential of microalgae in environmental
management, bioenergy solution and sustainable synthesis of
pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. This book basically
emphasizes the success of algae as wonderful feed stocks of future
and provides upto date information and sustainable and recreational
outlook towards degrading environment and energy crisis.
Applicability of fast emerging algae based nanotechnology in
bioremediation and production of nanoparticle (AuNP, AgNP etc) are
beautifully described along with latest research and findings. Key
features: The "waste to best to income" strategies are the main
concern of the book and take the edge off the problem of pollution,
energy and income. Elucidate the sustainable phycoremediation and
nanoparticle functions as low cost approach for various ecosystem
services. Information regarding pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and
other algae based value added product synthesis and fate are
comprehensively discussed. Knowledge resource, latest research,
findings and prospects presented in an accessible manner for
researchers, students, eminent scientists, entrepreneurs,
professionals and policy maker.
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Indian Social Work (Hardcover)
Mithilesh Kumar, D. P Singh, Siddheshwar Shukla, Bishnu Mohan Dash
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R4,142
Discovery Miles 41 420
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This book provides multiple frameworks and paradigms for social
work education which integrates indigenous theories and cultural
practices. It focuses on the need to diversify and reorient social
work curriculum to include indigenous traditions of service,
charity and volunteerism to help social work evolve as a profession
in India. The volume analyzes the history of social work education
in India and how the discipline has adapted and changed in the last
80 years. It emphasizes the need for the Indianization of social
work curriculum so that it can be applied to the socio-cultural
contours of a diverse Indian society. The book delineates
strategies and methods derived from meditation, yoga, bhakti and
ancient Buddhist and Hindu philosophy to prepare social work
practitioners with the knowledge, and skills, that will support and
enhance their ability to work in partnership with diverse
communities and indigenous people. This book is essential reading
for teachers, educators, field practitioners and students of social
work, sociology, religious studies, ancient philosophy, law and
social entrepreneurship. It will also interest policy makers and
those associated with civil society organizations.
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Indian Social Work (Paperback)
Mithilesh Kumar, D. P Singh, Siddheshwar Shukla, Bishnu Mohan Dash
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R1,289
Discovery Miles 12 890
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This book provides multiple frameworks and paradigms for social
work education which integrates indigenous theories and cultural
practices. It focuses on the need to diversify and reorient social
work curriculum to include indigenous traditions of service,
charity and volunteerism to help social work evolve as a profession
in India. The volume analyzes the history of social work education
in India and how the discipline has adapted and changed in the last
80 years. It emphasizes the need for the Indianization of social
work curriculum so that it can be applied to the socio-cultural
contours of a diverse Indian society. The book delineates
strategies and methods derived from meditation, yoga, bhakti and
ancient Buddhist and Hindu philosophy to prepare social work
practitioners with the knowledge, and skills, that will support and
enhance their ability to work in partnership with diverse
communities and indigenous people. This book is essential reading
for teachers, educators, field practitioners and students of social
work, sociology, religious studies, ancient philosophy, law and
social entrepreneurship. It will also interest policy makers and
those associated with civil society organizations.
The risks and consequences of environmental change are increasing,
leading to massive losses in terms of ecosystems and having a huge
impact on human populations. As such, global thinkers,
environmentalists, scientists and policy makers are focusing on
finding solutions and ways to sustain life on Earth. Anthropogenic
impacts on the climate system can only be mitigated by the
restoration of existing natural resources and the sustainable
development of the environment and society. This book discusses the
potential of green technology in waste management, wetland
restoration, presenting the latest developments in the field of
bioenergy, green ecology, bioremediation and microbial management.
Wetlands are one of Earth's most important ecosystems, and they
provide valuable services to human societies, such as minimizing
the impacts of floods, acting as a carbon sink, and offering water
purification as well as recreational opportunities. Wetlands may be
natural or constructed, and the effectiveness of wetland services
largely depends on the diversity of macrophytes affecting the algal
production, plant biomass and nutrient status of the system. In
addition, they are one of the richest microbial ecosystems on
earth: the rhizosphere, soil and water interface enhances wetland
services with implications ranging from phytoremediation to
microbial bioprospection. However, in order to function properly,
they need to be effectively redesigned, reengineered, protected and
maintained. The book addresses the dynamic relation between three
global concerns: environmental pollution, resource exploitation and
sustainability. It describes the utilization of resources like
wastes (municipal, industrial, agricultural, mine drainage,
tannery, solid, and e waste), plants, algae and microbes for
production of renewable biofuel, biofertilizers and other value
added products to achieve the goal of sustainable development. The
book also discusses the current and future trends in employing
wetlands in improving water quality. In addition it presents the
latest international research in the fields of wetland science,
waste management, carbon sequestration and bioremediation.
Highlighting a broad spectrum of topics and strategies for
achieving a sustainable environment, the book offers researchers,
students and academics insights into utilizing resources in a
sustainable way.
Sustainability of environment is an emerging global issue at
present. Unsustainable or deteriorating environment is a matter of
concern as it has threatened the survival of living creatures.
Recently, climate change has been a matter of great concern at a
global platform owing to imbalances in natural environment.
Increasing population has increased the demand for energy, which
has ultimately put pressure on natural resources and caused a
paradigm shift from resource generation to exploitation. Emerging
Energy Alternatives for Sustainable Environment aims to address the
role of sustainable technologies in energy generation options for
clean environment. It covers a wide spectrum of energy generation
approaches, with an emphasis on five key topics: (i) renewable
energy sources and recent advances, (ii) emerging green
technologies for sustainable development, (iii) assessment of
biomass for sustainable bioenergy production, (iv) solid waste
management and its potential for energy generation, and (v) solar
energy applications, storage system, and heat transfer. This book
provides essential and comprehensive knowledge of green energy
technologies with different aspects for engineers, technocrats and
researchers working in the industry, universities, and research
institutions. The book is also very useful for undergraduate and
graduate students of science and engineering who are keen to know
about the development of renewable energy products and their
corresponding processes. Please note: This volume is Co-published
with The Energy and Resources Institute Press, New Delhi. Taylor
& Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India,
Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Plant Breeding and Cultivar Development features an optimal balance
between classical and modern tools and techniques related to plant
breeding. Written for a global audience and based on the extensive
international experience of the authors, the book features
pertinent examples from major and minor world crops. Advanced data
analytics (machine learning), phenomics and artificial intelligence
are explored in the book's 28 chapters that cover classical and
modern plant breeding. By presenting these advancements in specific
detail, private and public sector breeding programs will learn
about new, effective and efficient implementation. The insights are
clear enough that non-plant breeding majoring students will find it
useful to learn about the subject, while advanced level students
and researchers and practitioners will find practical examples that
help them implement their work.
The risks and consequences of environmental change are increasing,
leading to massive losses in terms of ecosystems and having a huge
impact on human populations. As such, global thinkers,
environmentalists, scientists and policy makers are focusing on
finding solutions and ways to sustain life on Earth. Anthropogenic
impacts on the climate system can only be mitigated by the
restoration of existing natural resources and the sustainable
development of the environment and society. This book discusses the
potential of green technology in waste management, wetland
restoration, presenting the latest developments in the field of
bioenergy, green ecology, bioremediation and microbial management.
Wetlands are one of Earth's most important ecosystems, and they
provide valuable services to human societies, such as minimizing
the impacts of floods, acting as a carbon sink, and offering water
purification as well as recreational opportunities. Wetlands may be
natural or constructed, and the effectiveness of wetland services
largely depends on the diversity of macrophytes affecting the algal
production, plant biomass and nutrient status of the system. In
addition, they are one of the richest microbial ecosystems on
earth: the rhizosphere, soil and water interface enhances wetland
services with implications ranging from phytoremediation to
microbial bioprospection. However, in order to function properly,
they need to be effectively redesigned, reengineered, protected and
maintained. The book addresses the dynamic relation between three
global concerns: environmental pollution, resource exploitation and
sustainability. It describes the utilization of resources like
wastes (municipal, industrial, agricultural, mine drainage,
tannery, solid, and e waste), plants, algae and microbes for
production of renewable biofuel, biofertilizers and other value
added products to achieve the goal of sustainable development. The
book also discusses the current and future trends in employing
wetlands in improving water quality. In addition it presents the
latest international research in the fields of wetland science,
waste management, carbon sequestration and bioremediation.
Highlighting a broad spectrum of topics and strategies for
achieving a sustainable environment, the book offers researchers,
students and academics insights into utilizing resources in a
sustainable way.
Phytoremediation Potential of Perennial Grasses provides readers
with the knowledge to select specific perennial grass species
according to site-specific needs. In addition, it demonstrates the
potential opportunities for grass-based phytoremediation to yield
phytoproducts, especially biomass-based bioenergy and aromatic
essential oils as a green economy while in the process of
remediating contaminated sites. The book brings together recent and
established knowledge on different aspects of grass-based
phytoremediation, providing this information in a single source
that offers a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential
knowledge on polluted site restoration that is useful for both
practitioners and scientists in environmental science and ecology.
New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and
Bioengineering: Microbial Biotechnology in Agro-environmental
Sustainability describes, in detail, the various roles of microbial
resources in the management of crop diseases and how microbes can
be used as a source of income for biomass and bioenergy production.
In addition, the book covers microbial inoculants as
bio-fertilizers to enhance crop productivity, along with degraded
land restoration. Users will find the latest information in the
field of microbial biotechnology and its further applications in
bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides, its generation as an alternative
source of energy, restoration degraded and marginal lands, the
mitigation of global warming gases, and more.
On the eve of Independence, Nehru had declared India's 'Tryst
with Destiny' as redeemed. However, thanks mainly to shenanigans
and the venality of its political and bureaucratic executive, the
hope held out by that 'Destiny' has turned into unqualified despair
by now. And, it is as good as cast in stone that before it got
opportunity to celebrate the centenary of its Independence, India
(or whatever had been left of it) would be busy redeeming its tryst
with the forces of Doom. The rest of the world too can't escape
being caught up in the death throes of so huge a nation and suffer
tremendously.
Hopeless is said to be the lot of the peoples that await a
Saviour to rescue them from the consequences of actions that may or
may not belong to them. System - and not person - is what they
should place their collective faith in. As for the Indians, they
were given a system, alright. But, tragically, the same not only
failed to deliver them of their ills, old and new, but has also
corrupted itself almost irredeemably. So, a person - call him
Savior, 'man-Friday', or just a national '"Chotu"' - it has to be,
as far as they are concerned.
Present book is an attempt to find out whether the legatees of
the venerable land, whose two millennia long caste reprehensibility
was first compounded by six centuries of slavery, then overlaid by
two centuries of imperialism, and, finally, aggravated beyond
imagination by six decades long orgy of corruption and sins
practiced in the fair names of democracy and people, have got so
lucky as to have produced a leader who they could all place their
collective faith in, giving him all out support to enable him to
extricate them from the mess they have been stuck in and save their
future for them.
This book offers an exhaustive and authentic account of integral
relationship of microbiology, biotechnology with environmental
science. Students from all these disciplines would find this book
as an authentic source of information and would be immensely
benefited. This book includes the matter required by both
undergraduate and postgraduate students including researchers, who
are genuinely interested in knowing the applied aspect of
microbiology, biotechnology particularly with reference to
Environmental issues. Since every chapter starts with a basic
concept of problems and issues, it easily enables the readers to
comprehend the subject in a lucid manner.
In the recent past, many advances have been made in the field of
biology and biotechnology of algae, especially microalgae. This
book includes chapters on taxonomy, diversity and physiology of
blue-green algae, as these organisms are most important from
biotechnological point of view. Use of algae as biofertilizer,
source of natural colours, bioactive compounds, phytochemicals with
pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications, food and feed has
been discussed. Environmental pollution is the major problem all
over the world. The potential of algae in combating water pollution
is also highlighted. Depleting fossil fuel is another concern and
it is felt that there is a need for alternative renewable
resources. Algae as a potential source of biofuel are also
discussed in this book.
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