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ological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System

Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System

Arnab Banerjee • Ram Swaroop Meena • Manoj Kumar Jhariya • Dhiraj Kumar Yadav Editors

Agroecological Footprints Management for Sustainable Food System

Editors Arnab Banerjee Department of Environmental Science Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

Ram Swaroop Meena Department of Agronomy Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Manoj Kumar Jhariya Department of Farm Forestry Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

Dhiraj Kumar Yadav Department of Farm Forestry Sant Gahira Guru Vishwavidyalaya Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, India

ISBN 978-981-15-9495-3 ISBN 978-981-15-9496-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9496-0

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Preface

Agroecology is a major component of the food system on the earth and has interaction between the living components in many directions. It provides various ecosystem services like combating climate change, carbon sequestration, soil conservation, and maintaining productivity and yield to fulfil the demand of the ever-increasing human population. With the rising food demand, the sustainability and management of the agroecosystems are under threat of degradation. The ecological footprints are gradually rising day by day with increased resources use by the adoption of advanced technologies. The food production system is also suffering from the issues of food crisis, security, and overproduction beyond the biocapacity of the ecosystem. Therefore, there is an urgen