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- Elaborates research plans and policies on soil organic carbon management
- Features soil organic carbon restoration in agro-ecosystem to achieve long term sustainability
- Covers future prospectus soil organic carbon status
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Dr. Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao acquired hisPh.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry from IARI, New Delhi, and Post-Doctoral (Fellow) from Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr. Rao worked in ICAR system in different capacities from Scientist to Director. Currently, he is serving as Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad since 2017. He also served the International Crop Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru, Hyderabad for 2 years. He is the recipient of 40 national and international awards which include the Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award for Outstanding Research in Agricultural Sciences, 2019. Dr. Rao is the Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences; and Member of various National and International Committees globally. Dr. Rao is specialized in Soil Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Balance, Dryland Production Systems, and Climate Policy. Dr. Rao is credited with 317 Research Papers, 49 Books authored/edited, 12 copyrights, 17 Policy/Strategy/Status Papers. He visited more than 15 countries for scientific meetings.
Prof. Arvind Kumar, a renowned educationist and researcher has been appointed two terms as a Vice Chancellor of RLBCAU, Jhansi. Prior to this assignment, Prof. Kumar worked as Deputy Director General (Education), ICAR, New Delhi from 2009 to 2014, held the additional charge of Deputy Director General (Fisheries), ICAR, New Delhi about 5 months and was the Director of Directorate of Rapeseed-Mustard Research (DRMR), Bharatpur from 2002 to 2009. Under his dynamic leadership, Education Division, ICAR took several initiatives and made policies for the improvement of agriculture education in India. Dr. Kumar has been awarded with Dr. Rajendra Prasad Purushkar (1991-93) by ICAR for the book on Crop Geography of India (In Hindi), Fellow of the Indian Society of Agronomy (1996), Fellow of the Indian Society of Oilseed Research, Fellow of the Society of Extension Education (2009), and Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2012). President of the Indian Society of Agronomy (2011 and 2012) and the Society of Rapeseed Mustard Research since its inception (2008).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plans and Policies for Soil Organic Carbon Management in Agriculture
Editors: Ram Swaroop Meena, Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, Arvind Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6179-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6178-6Published: 22 October 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-6181-6Published: 23 October 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-6179-3Published: 21 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 255
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Ecology