Indian agriculture is estimated to be consuming about 78 percent of total fresh water resources available in the country. Yet, more than half of the gross cropped area is still dependent on rains. Extremely skewed allocation of scarce irrigation water amongst crops and inefficient use of the...

The study proposes an agent-based model to investigate how adoption of climate smart agriculture (CSA) affects food security. The analysis investigates the role of social and ecological pressures (i.e. community network, climate change and environmental externalities) on the adoption of physical...

Rural indebtedness and dependence on private moneylenders is an age-old problem in India. For more than 100 years now, the Central Government and the Reserve Bank of India have been making efforts to enhance institutional credit in rural areas particularly to assist in agricultural operations....

The simultaneous achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is, to say the least, challenging. In a situation of increasing and multiple demands over limited resources, pursuing each goal separately could lead to increased competition. The situation in Africa is particularly...

Sustainable ecosystem management, challenges and solutions : sustainable ecosystem management / Joan Nyika -- Understanding water-food-energy nexus in the climate change era and the roadmap to implementation in South Africa : water-food-energy nexus / Joan Nyika -- Vulnerability of oasis...

"This book provides a holistic approach regarding the agrifood and rural economy models and practices, as a specific organizational model in highly competitive economy in its path of adapting to the new challenges. It addresses rural economics, agrifood and environment and its paradigms as it is...