This compendium of 51 papers is the outcome of the proceedings of international Symposium on ‘Land Degradation: Trends towards Sustainable Agriculture’ and the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau Workshop on ‘Food Security in South Asia’, organized by the Department of Geography, M.M.H. College, Ghaziabad. It addresses various contentious issues like monitoring land quality and sustainable agriculture; land use ethics, social and environmental implications of land degradation; land reclamation strategies and techniques; and public policy to achieve sustainable land use. The book will be quite beneficial for researchers and policy makers.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tapeshwar Singh
Tapeshwar Singh is a Reader in the Department of Geography, MMH College (Chaudhary Charan Singh University), Ghaziabad. He did his M.A. (Geography) from Ranchi University; M.Phil from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; and Ph.D. from Agra University (now Dr. Bimrao Ambedkar University), Agra. Also, he is the Principal Investigator of Department of Science and Technology’s project under Indian Climate Research Programme for investigating climate change / variability and its impact on Kharif crop productivity in the Indo-Gangetic plain region of India. Dr. Singh has to his credit two books – Drought Prone Areas in India: Aspects of Identification and Development Strategy; and Drought Disaster and Agricultural Development in India. He has participated in many national and international conferences and has contributed over 50 research papers and articles in journals of repute.
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