Sustainable Agronomy
Principles and Practices
Published on 1. August 2025
Book
Hardback
191 pages
978-1-0364-4989-6 (ISBN)
Description
To feed the growing population, it is important to find ways of food production which can save natural resources for future generations. The present book explains how more food can be produced without harming the ecosystem.This book explains the current issues related to modern agriculture and the potential strategies to manage problems. The book highlights how soil health can be improved through sensible fertilizer application, protecting crops with non-chemical approaches. The author includes potential sustainable agronomic practices which can be adopted for better farming. Students, farmers, researchers, extension workers and policy makers will find this book useful as a guide to improve sustainable crop production.If you care about soil, water, and the environment, along with better crop production to feed the world, this is the book for you.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0364-4989-6 (9781036449896)
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Naeem Sarwar is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Agronomy, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. He earned his PhD in 2011, from the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, specializing in sustainable management of irrigation and nutrients in rice crop. During his doctoral studies, he was awarded with a prestigious scholarship under the International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), allowing him to conduct a part of his research work at the University of California, Davis, USA. Currently, he is working on different aspects of agronomy with a strong emphasis on improving nutrient use efficiency in arable crops while minimizing the environmental impact. With over 70 peer reviewed research publications, his research is widely recognized and cited. He has also edited an international book titled Modern Techniques in Rice Crop Production (2022) and authored more than 10 book chapters.