Sustainable Agriculture Development and Management Through Geospatial Technologies

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the socio-economic and environmental conditions affecting agriculture development and management. The book describes the current challenges that agriculture sectors face today, and it also explores how advanced geospatial technologies can be used to overcome these challenges and promote sustainable agricultural practices. Geospatial technologies can be advantageous to evaluate the increasing demands of agriculture production and productivity, which help maintain and enhance sustainability and strengthen the capacity for crop adaptation in response to drastic changes in climatic phenomena and others. The volume is of paramount importance as it also addresses the ongoing challenges of climate change, food security, and the need for sustainable agricultural practices. 
By highlighting the significance of policy-driven approaches and cutting-edge technologies, the book covers the crucial role that advanced technology, climate change impacts, and economic strategies play in shaping the future of agriculture. The book mainly focuses on the critical role of geospatial technology, including GIS, remote sensing, drone technology, deep and machine learning and artificial intelligence. The book includes various case studies to show how these technologies have been used and how they can be further developed to promote agriculture sustainability. This book serves as an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, and academicians.

Prof. Subhash Anand is a distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography,  Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He has 28 years of experience in teaching and research and has published 12 books and more than 100 research papers, articles and chapters in journals and books. He specializes in environment and development, urban environmental issues, sustainability, geoheritage, geoparks, and geotourism. Prof. Anand is the vice president of the Indian Geographical Society and the Co- chair of the Commission on Geoheritage, International Geographical Union. He is a Springer series editor of the Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences, and an associate editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Geoheritage and Parks. He is Chairperson of Governing Body, Bhaskaracharya College Of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi.

 Dr Shikha Yadav is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Miranda House, University of Delhi, with over a decade of teaching and research experience. Her research interests encompass Agricultural Geography, Statistical  Methods,Sustainable Development and Contemporary Environmental Issues. An active academic administrator, she serves as an External Member of the Board of Studies for various universities. She  authored various books, book chapters and research papers in reputed journals indexed in Scopus, Web of Science,SCIE and UGC Care, with notable contributions to policy documents and e-content for institutions like the Ministry of Agriculture, IARI, ICAR, NCERT and CBSE.She has been actively involved in research and consultancy projects addressing critical environmental and sustainability challenges. Her consultancy expertise includes projects on the design, installation, and commissioning of Sewage Treatment Plants, funded by the Government of Meghalaya,Ministry of Health (Meghalaya) and the Government of Jharkhand (2023-24). In addition to consultancy, Dr Shikha, is the  Co-Principal Investigator for an externally funded project on the Bapatla Agro and Food Processing Cluster under the SFURTI Scheme, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India (2023-2026).She also led research initiatives, including an Undergraduate Research Project (UGRP) on the Feasibility Analysis of Centralized vs. Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Plants in Delhi, funded by Aditi Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi (2022-2023). Additionally, she has received notable awards, including one from the Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative (IFFCO), under the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, Govt. of India, for Environment Excellence (25 October 2024); the National Projects Corporation Limited (NPCC), under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, for Wastewater Management (16 August 2023); and NITICON Ltd. for Skilling and Capacity Building.

Dr. Pradeep Mishra is an assistant professor (Statistics) at College of Agriculture,Rewa, Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya in India. He received his Ph.D in agricultural statistics from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Kalyani, India in 2014. He specializes in the field of agricultural statistics. He has published more than 161 research articles in international and national journals. Also he received awards such as Young Scientists Award in 2017 at GRISAAS.. Dr. Mishra is actively involved in editorial roles of academic journals and also serves as a reviewer.

 Dr. Priyanka Lal is working as Scientist at ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. She received her Ph.D. in agricultural economics from ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute. She has over four years of teaching and research experience, specializing in subsidy impact analysis, cost-return evaluations, and efficiency analysis in agriculture and dairy sectors. Dr. Lal has received several awards, including the Best Paper Award from the Indian Dairy Association and the Best Research Scholar Award (2019). She has published more than 20 research articles in journals. Dr. Lal is actively involved in editorial roles of academic journals and also serves as a reviewer.

Dr. Usha Rani is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, Shivaji College, University of Delhi. She specializes in environmental issues, urban public health. She received her Ph.D. from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and has 10 years of experience in research.  She completed her Postdoctoral fellowship at the Delhi School of Public Health (DSPH), Institution of Eminence (IoE), University of Delhi under the Maharishi Kanad Fellowship. She published many research papers and chapters in various journals and books.