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This book describes critically reviewed key aspects of organic farming and provides a unique and timely science-based resource for researchers, teachers and extension workers, undergraduates, postgraduate students, primary producers and others interested in organic farming. The first section of the book provides an overview of organic farming: a general introduction followed by the origins of organic farming, the principles of organic farming, challenges for organic farming, crop protection in organic farming and environmental impacts of organic farming. The next section deals with the management of various crop diseases through botanical biopesticides and Integrated Pest Management practices, followed by overarching regulatory and management concerns. The book is written by a range of specialists with direct experience of organic farming over many years. Authors from over a dozen countries in several continents have contributed to this unique and indispensable resource that offers a diverse range of valuable information, data and perspectives on organic farming, at a time when the world community is increasingly aware of the problems of our current agricultural practices and the importance of creating sustainable agricultural and systems for the long-term health of humankind and the biosphere as a whole.

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Prof.(Dr.) L.P. Awasthi, Dean School of Agriculture, R N B Global University, Bikaner ,India, His professional experience includes more than 47 years of teaching and conducting research, published more than 350 research papers in foreign and Indian journals of repute, edited/authored six books, published number of popular articles, laboratory manuals and contributory chapters for different books, guided 77 M. Sc. (Ag.) and 35 Ph.D. Students and has been working as an Editor/ Referee in the editorial boards of many Indian and foreign journals of repute

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