Natural Calamities and Agriculture Management (Proceedings of National Seminar)

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The book "Natural Calamities and Agriculture Management" deals with the occurance and the disastrous impact of nature on living beings and to impart education, theoritical and practical both in nature, how to get rid off from the occurance & disastrous impact of natural calamities and save the loss of life and properties. Very few people know about the wonders of nature. It is unique and endowed with varieties of biotic and abiotic elements. No body knows about the devastated behaviour of nature in form of 'floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, landslides Tsunamies etc. It is well known fact that the nature and agriculture is closely related with each other. Agriculture is the backbone of the indian economy. Natural calamities affect the agricultural production and pro- ductivity. We have to cope with the fact and have to establish a close relationship between them by minimising natural impact and avoiding the loss. Accelerated erosion, heavy deposition in reservoirs, construction of canals and dams, heavy rainfall on hills, landslides & avalanches, movement of tectonic forces etc. cause natural calamities because any change in the magnitude of frequencies of natural forces in any part of the earth will certainly affects the another part. It is tried to find out any solution that what is natural calamities? How and why they occur? How we can avoid the disastrous impact of calamities and can save heavy loss of life and properties.

Dr. R.P. Singh is working as a Principal at G.S. (PG) college, Surjan Nagar, Moradabad, M.JUP. Rohilkhand University Bareilly, Besides, a good administrator, he is actively engaged in teaching and research work. He had organised three National seminars to his credit duly sponsored by U.G.C. and got the proceedings published. He has keen interest in "Settlement and Historical Geography. His publications include several textbooks, edited volumes and more than 1% dozen research papers in reputed Journals. Presently he is the chief editor, of Ramganga Geographers. Besides, presenting research papers in National and international seminars, Dr Singh has chained several technicall sessions. He is holding memberships of several Journals published in India and abroad.

Dr. P.L. Mishra has been currently working as a Reader & Head, Dept. of Geography and supervising research work leading to the award of Ph.D. Degree at Kisan (PG) College, Simbhaoli Distt Ghaziabad (UP), Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut, Besides, "Agriculture and Agro Industrial Geography, he has specialisation in Remote Sensing from Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (URS), Dehradun. He had organised National seminar and got the proceedings published. He has chaired several national and international seminars. His publications include Textbooks & Monographs-12; edited volumes -5; research papers and articles-40 in reputed Journals and books. He has life memberships of several reputed Journals in India and abroad.

Dr. KR. Shukla is working at G.S. (PG) College, Surjan Nagar, Moradabad, MJP Rohilkhand University, Barailly, as a Reader&Head of Deptt. of Geography. He is actively engaged in teaching and research work. He is supervising students pursuing research work leading to the award of Ph.D. Degree. He has got publications his credit.

Very few people know much about the nature. Although it is the fortune only of few to know much about the nature at first hand, every one of us is linked to it in strange and wonderful way. Nature is unique and endowed with varieties of biotic and aboitic elements which are naturally independent and maintain a natural balance among them- selves. Nature is many faceted and has several wonders in its womb. It is much difficult to know and predict about nature, its phenomenas, wonders and calamities. When, where and how nature caused disas- trous impact on living beings in way of floods, droughts, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, avalanche, erosion, mass movements as well as callapses of dams, dykes, bridges, mines and building etc. no body knows?

Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy it is one of the oldest and most important occupation of man and was adopted for survival and feeding of living beings. Agriculture means cultivation of crops, domestication of plants and cattle raising Thus origin of agriculture dates back of the beginning of domestication of plants and animals. It is not yet known when, where and how the domestication of agriculture, animals and plants was started. Apart from intensive livestock raising or crop production by hydroponics it involves management of soil by tillage or by chemical treatment.

Nature and agriculture are closely related with each other in an agriculturally predominant country like India. The agricultural plan if supplemented by local survey taking into consideration of natural influence of the particular area, may help in raising the agricultural products. Considering the dominant agrarian base of the locality/region, an acute need was felt to discuss and highlight the salient features of the nature which are mainly responsible to influence human life and cultivation of crops.

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