This book will be of immense value to the scientific community involved in teaching, research and extension activities related to strategies for achieving Rainbow Revolution for enhancing farmers' income, food, and nutrition security.
This book will be of immense value to the scientific community involved in teaching, research and extension activities related to strategies for achieving Rainbow Revolution for enhancing farmers' income, food, and nutrition security.
P. Parvatha Reddy served as the Director of the prestigious Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) in Bangalore from 1999 to 2002. He also served as the Head, Division of Entomology and Nematology at IIHR and gave tremendous impetus and direction to research, extension and education in developing bio-intensive integrated pest management strategies in horticultural crops. Dr Reddy has about 34 years of experience working with horticultural crops and is involved in developing an F1 tomato hybrid "Arka Varadan" resistant to root-knot nematodes.
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Preface About the Author 1. Rainbow Revolution: An Overview 2. Green (Food Grain Production) Revolution 3. Evergreen (Sustainable Food Grain Production) Revolution 4. Golden (Horticultural Crop Production) Revolution 5. Yellow (Oil Seed Production) Revolution 6. Pulse Revolution 7. Silver Fiber (Cotton Production) Revolution 8. Golden Fiber (Jute Production) Revolution 9. Pink (Onion Production) Revolution 10. Round (Potato Production) Revolution 11. Gene Revolution 12. White (Milk Production) Revolution/ Operation Flood 13. Blue (Fisheries Production) Revolution 14. Silver (Poultry Egg and Meat Production) Revolution 16. Green (Renewable) Energy Revolution 17. The Way Ahead References Index
