Overview
- Provides updated information on quality/enriched food
- Elaborates on Biofortification and Hidden hunger that are one of the
- thrust areas of ‘Millennium Development Goal’ of UN
- International experts and institutions as contributors
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (34 chapters)
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Biofortification with Futuristic Challenges and Approaches
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr C S Praharaj is Principal Scientist at ICAR- IIPR Kanpur. He has alsoworked at CPRI, Shimla, CSWCRTI, Dehradun, CICR, Nagpur. His research interest is primarily on ‘enhancing water productivity per drop of water use’ through Resource conservation and Precision agriculture technologies. He has published 76 Research Papers, 2 books, 16 Book Chapters, 06 Technical Bulletins, 64 Papers in Proceedings/ symposium/ seminar, 51 Popular Articles and 24 compendiums/reports besides editor in three journals. He has visited the countries like, Egypt, Bangladesh and Nepal. He has also been awarded appreciation from Govt. of Odisha and Shriram Puruskar 2013-14.
Dr S S Singh is Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Crop Production, ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur. Earlier, he has been Head, Division of Crop Research at ICAR-RCER Patna, and Assistant Professor, Rajendra Agriculture University, Pusa, Bihar. His research interest is primarily in conservation agriculture, Integrated Farming Systems and Climate resilient agriculture. He has published 88 Research Papers, 3 books, 15 Book Chapters, 12 Technical Bulletins, 105 Papers in Proceedings/ symposium/ seminar, 45 Popular Articles and 42 Extension Folders. He has visited USA, UK, Australia, Mexico, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal. He is recipient of Excellent Team Research Award of ICAR, Rajeev Gandhi Maulik Lekhan Award of Ministry of Home Affairs, GOI and Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy.
Dr Narendra Pratap Singh, is a Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur. Previously, Dr Singh was Project Coordinator (Chickpea). He did Post Doctorate from WA Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia (2000) and Plant Biotechnology Institute, NRC, Saskatoon, Canada (2004). He has published over 150 research/conference papers. He served as Editor-in Chief, Journal of Food Legumes and Editors of more than 15 Indian and International Journals. Presently, he is also President of Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, IIPR,Kanpur. He have been recipient of ‘Bioved Agri-Innovative Award-2015’ conferred by Bioved Research Institute, Allahabad.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biofortification of Food Crops
Editors: Ummed Singh, C S Praharaj, S S Singh, N P Singh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2716-8
Publisher: Springer New Delhi
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer India 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-81-322-2714-4Published: 03 February 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-81-322-3822-5Published: 31 March 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-81-322-2716-8Published: 22 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 492
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 54 illustrations in colour
Topics: Food Science, Nutrition, Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Public Health