| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| SECTION-1 : Status of Natural Resources | | |
| 1. Status of Natural Resources for Food and Environmental Security in Central India | V.N. Sharda | 1 |
| 2. Soil Health is the Health and wealth of the Nation and Its Productivity is Nation's Wealth Reserve | R.N. Gupta | 33 |
| 3. Assessment of Wastelands/Degraded Lands in Central India Using Remote sensing and G.I.S. Techniques with Special Reference to Uttar Pradesh | Alok Mathur | 41 |
| 4. Diatomological Analysis of Water Bodies of Semi Arid Region of Central India | Meenakshi Singh, Payal Lodha, G.P. Singh and Rajesh Singh | 49 |
| 5. Assessment of Permissible Soil Erosion Limits for Different Landscapes of Chhattisgarh in India | Brij Lal Lakaria, H. Biswas and D. Mandal | 59 |
| 6. Mapping Gullied Wastelands Along Gomti River in Uttar Pradesh using IRS LISS-III Data | Alok MAthur, S. Chandra, M. Mishra, R.S. Rawat and A.R. Siddiqui | 71 |
| 7. Analysis of Rainfall for Crop Planning in Bundelkhand Zone of Uttar Pradesh | Mukesh Chand, Dushyant Kumar, Dhananjai Singh, Nishi Roy and D.K. Singh | 79 |
| Section-2 : Management and Efficient Utilization of Water Resources | | |
| 8. A Decision Support Tool to Explore and Promote Conjuctive use Options in Canal Command | A. Upadhyaya, A.K. Sikka, A.K. Singh and P.R. Bhatnagar | 91 |
| 9. Ground Water Quality for Irrigation in Datia District Madhya Pradesh - An Assessment | H. Biswas, P.P. Adhikary, S.P. Tiwari and Sant Raj | 101 |
| 10. Economic Water Productivity of Drum Kit Drip Irrigation Systems for Vegetable Production | S.S. Mail and s. Kumar | 109 |
| 11. Groundwater Use Efficiency and Price Equilibrium of Groundwater Use in Central Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh | S.K. Srivastava, Ranjit Kumar and R.P. Singh | 121 |
| 12. Participatory Action Research for Irrigation Water Management in Sugarcane Cultivation | D.V. Yadav, R.P. Verma, Kamta Prasad, A.K.Sah, Rajendra Gupta and K.P. Singh | 137 |
| Section-3 : Conservation Technologies for Food and Environmental Security | | |
| 13. Agro-Forestry Practices in Central India : Prospects and Potentials | R.K. Dubey and S.K. Dubey | 149 |
| 14. Measures for Enhancing Crop Productivity and Resource Use Efficiency in Rainfed Vartisols of Madhya Pradesh | S.S. Tomar and S.K. Sharma | 167 |
| 15. Agri-Horti System for Sustainable Production on Degraded Lands in Semi-Arid Tropics | Om Prakash, R.K. Dubey and J.S. Deshwal | 193 |
| 16. Nutrient Uptake of Tomato F1 Hybrid Avinash-2 as Affected by Irrigated Methods and Micronutrients | B. Agrawal, A. Shrivastava, N.K. Toorray and R.n. Sharma | 201 |
| 17. Impact of Long Term Fertilizer and Manure Use on Crop Productivity and Soil Fertility in Rice-Rice Cropping System in Contrast Soils | R.H. Wanjari and Muneshwar Singh | 207 |
| 18. Edaphic Constraints vis-à-vis Conservation Practices for Increasing Productivity of Rainfed Lands in Bundelkhand Region | S.P. Tiwari, Dev Narayan and H. Biswas | 211 |
| 19. Sustainable Crop Production through Efficient Nutrient Management and Other Agro-Techniques - A Review | Om Singh | 223 |
| 20. Food Legumes in Cropping Systems for Resources Conservation, Food and Environment Security : Challenges & Opportunities | V.S. Lather, R.S. Pannu, D.p. Nandal and Ishwar Singh | 231 |
| Section-4 : Livelihood Security and Watershed Management | | |
| 21. land Use Planning and Watershed Management for Livelihood Security | J.S. Bali | 245 |
| 22. Sustainable Management of Cropping systems in Central Indian for Food and Environmental Security | P.K. Panda, S.K. Dubey and A.K. singh | 253 |
| 23. Impact Evaluation of Soil and Water Conservation Measures in Tribal Area of District Satna, (M.P.) | V.P. Singh, V.K. Kanaujia and S.N. Singh | 265 |
| 24. Assessing the Impact of water Management in Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh | Pankaj Sharma, R.K. Singh and Kapil | 273 |
| 25. Role of Sugarcane in Sustaining Soil Health in Rice-Wheat Sequence in Indo-Gangetic Plains | G.K. Singh and D.V. yadav | 285 |
| Section-5 : Rehabilitation of Problem Lands, Salins, Alkali, Ravines, Riveine Lands, Diava Land etc. | | |
| 26. rehabilitation of Problem Lands : Challenges and Opportunities | J.C. Dagar, P.S. Minhas and Gurbachan Singh | 293 |
| 27. Land Degradation in Central India : The Concern of Sustainable Food Security | S.K. Dubey and R.K. Dubey | 313 |
| 28. Soybean Based Intercropping System for Sustainable Production under Rainfed Condition in Bundelkhand Region | Dev narayan and H. Biswas | 323 |
| 29. Watershed Based Reclamation and control of Chambal Ravines | G.P. Verma, Y.p. singh and S.K. Dubey | 329 |
| 30. Deriving Homogeneous Land Unit through GIS by Integrating Biophysical and Socioeconomic Aspects of Karnal District | D. Barman, R.N. Sahoo, N. Kalra, K. Kamble and D. Chakraborty | 343 |
| 31. Evaluation of Integrated Resource Management and Planting Time on Yield and water Expense Efficiency (WEE) of rice (Oryza sativa) | Abdhesh K. Singh and N.K. Verma | 351 |
| 32. On-Farm Participatory Trials on Deep Tillage and soil Amendments to Assess Their Effect on Soil Properties and Yield of Pearlmillet-Wheat Grown on Sodic Soil | Y.P. Singh and Sudhir Singh | 357 |
| Section-6 : Governance and Policy Issues for Community Empowerment | | |
| 33. Resources Conservation for Food and Environmental security in Central India | P.D. Sharma and P.P. Biswas | 371 |
| 34. Governance and Policy Issues for Community Empowerment | krishna Srinath and H.K. Dash | 391 |
| 35. Capacity Building of Farmwomen for Management of Natural Resources for Sustainable Livelihood | Suman Agarwaland Harapriya Nayak | 405 |
| 36. Spatial Data Base for NREGS and Conservation of Natural Resources | S.K. Saha, P. laghate, R.K. Sharma and S.N. Das | 411 |
| 37. Lac Integrated Agriculture : Means for Efficient Resource Utilization | R.K. Singh, R. Ramani and Bangali Baboo | 429 |
| Section-7 : Regional Experiences and Future Thrust | | |
| 38. Hydrologic Continuum in a Watershed that Promotes Conjunctive Use of Rain Water for attaining Food, Livelihood and Environmental Security | D.C. Das | 435 |
| 39. Experiences of Watershed Development Programme in Central Indian : Success Stories and Probable Ways for Further Up Scaling | V.S. Tomar | 455 |
| 40. Efficient Moisture Conservation and Fertilizer Practices for Profitable Productivity of Pearl Millet Under Semi-Arid Inceptisols | S.P. Singh, G.R. Maruthi Sankar, P.K. Mishra and P.K. Singh | 473 |
| 41. Drought Management through Water Harvesting Systems and Contingency Crop Planning | J. Somasundaram, K. Ramesh, Brij Lal Lakaria R.S. Chaudhary and A. Subba Rao | 479 |
| 42. Information Receiving Behaviour of Farmers of Watershed and Non-watershed Areas in Bundelkhand Region | Om Prakash and V.S. Katiyar | 499 |
| 43. Effect of Fertilizer Doses, Methods of Nitrogen Application and Moisture Conservation Practices on Pearl Millet Under Rainfed Condition | S. Kumar, H.P. Chaudhary, P.N. Yadav, U.D. Awasthi and H. Kumar | 505 |
