Sustainable agriculture and the international rice-wheat system /

Foreword Dennis J. Greenland p. iii
Preface p. v
I. Food Security and Natural Resources
1. Prospects for World Agriculture in the Twenty-First Century Norman E. Borlaug and Christopher R. Dowswell p. 1
2. Soil and Water Resources of South Asia in an Uncertain Climate Rattan Lal p. 19
3. Food Security and Environmental Sustainability David Pimentel p. 37
II. Challenges and Opportunities of No-Till Farming
4. Historical Development of No-Till Farming Rattan Lal p. 55
5. Agroecological Thoughts on Zero-Tillage: Possibilities for Improving Both Crop Components of Rice-Wheat Farming Systems with Rice Intensification Norman Uphoff p. 83
6. Problems and Challenges of No-Till Farming for the Rice-Wheat Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia Peter R. Hobbs and Raj Gupta p. 101
7. Opportunities and Constraints for Reduced Tillage Practices in the Rice-Wheat Cropping System J. M. Duxbury and J. G. Lauren and M. H. Devare and A. S. M. H. M. Talukder and M. A. Sufian and A. Shaheed and M. I. Hossain and K. R. Dahal and C. Tripathi and G. S. Giri and C. A. Meisner p. 121
III. Applications of No-Till Farming in the Rice-Wheat System in South Asia
8. No-Tillage Farming in the Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems in India Ram Kanwar Malik and A. Yadav and S. Singh and P. K. Sardana and Peter R. Hobbs and Raj Gupta p. 133
9. No-Till Option for the Rice-Wheat Cropping System in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of India: Some Experiences J. S. Samra and D. K. Painuli p. 147
10. Principles and Practices of Tillage Systems for Rice-Wheat Cropping Systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia Yadvinder-Singh and J. K. Ladha p. 167
11. No-Till in the Rice-Wheat System: An Experience from Nepal D. S. Pathic and R. K. Shrestha p. 209
12. Impact of No-Tillage Farming on Wheat Production and Resource Conservation in the Rice-Wheat Zone of Punjab, Pakistan Muhammad Azeem Khan and N. I. Hashmi p. 219
13. Impact of No-Till Farming on the Rice-Wheat System in Bangladesh N. I. Bhuiyan and M. A. Saleque p. 229
IV. Adaptation of No-Till Farming
14. Equipment for Sustainable Cropping Systems J. N. Tullberg and J. R. Murray and D. L. George p. 241
15. Mechanization Challenges in No-Till Rice-Wheat System for South Asia: No-Till Seeding Drills for Small Landholders John E. Morrison, Jr. p. 255
16. No-Till Rice-Wheat Farming: The Arkansas Experience Merle M. Anders and Jason Grantham and Jared Holzhauer and Tony E. Windham p. 273
17. Impact of No-Till Farming in the United States B. A. Stewart p. 283
18. No-Till Farming in Brazil and Its Impact on Food Security and Environmental Quality Pedro L. O. A. Machado and Pedro Luiz de Freitas p. 291
19. Potential of Tillage, Agropastoral, and Planted Fallow Systems in Low-Fertility Tropical Soils of Latin America Bal Ram Singh and Idupulapati M. Rao and Edmundo Barrios and Edgar Amezquita p. 311
20. The Raised Bed System of Cultivation for Irrigated Production Conditions Kenneth D. Sayre and Peter R. Hobbs p. 337
21. Control of Rice Water Weevil in a Stale or Tilled Seedbed M. O. Way and R. G. Wallace and M. S. Nunez and G. N. McCauley p. 357
V. Social and Economic Issues
22. Social and Economic Issues in Agricultural Intensification G. Edward Schuh p. 363
23. Impact of Conservation Tillage in a Temperate Environment D. Lynn Forster p. 377
24. Policy Challenges for the Rice-Wheat Farming Systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains Peter Hazell and Mark Rosegrant p. 389
25. Soil and Water Sustainability Issues Related to Australian Grain Cropping Systems Frank M. Vanclay p. 403
26. Technology for Small Farms: The Challenge of Diversity Peter E. Hildebrand p. 421
27. Adapt or Adopt? Prospects for Conservation Tillage in the Indian Farming System Paul Robbins p. 431
28. Innovation, Degradation, and Conservation in South Asia's Rice-Wheat System: Farmers' Choices and Lessons from U.S. Experience Keith D. Wiebe and Paul Heisey p. 447
VI. Networking and International Cooperation
29. Toward Promoting Conservation Agriculture for the Rice-Wheat System Jose R. Benites p. 465
30. The Role of South Asian Conservation Agriculture Network (SACAN) in No-Till Farming in Pakistan Mushtaq A. Gill and Maqsood Ahmed p. 479
VII. Conclusions
31. Reconciling Food Security with Environment Quality Through No-Till Farming Rattan Lal and David O. Hansen and Peter R. Hobbs and Norman Uphoff p. 495
Index p. 513