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PurposeThe lack of proper dissemination of market information is observed as the main reason of poor marketing of the agricultural produce in India. Application of information and communication technology (ICT) can bridge this information gap by means of dissemination of required marketing information specifically targeted at the farmers. The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of ICT on marketing of rice in Uttar Pradesh, one of the biggest northern states of India.Design/methodology/approachAs rice is the dominant crop of Uttar Pradesh, the impact of ICT on net price received (NPf) by rice producers of the state is studied. An attempt is also made to identify the factors that influence the use of ICT. Primary data are collected through a multistage sampling technique. Single, multiple dummy and binary logistic regression models are used in the present work.FindingsA significant difference is observed in theNPfof the farmers using ICT than that of non-users. Education and land holding type also have a positive and significant impact on ICT use.Originality/valueIn the existing literature, the study related to the impact of ICT on agricultural marketing is almost absent for India in general, and Uttar Pradesh in particular. ICT has created impact in almost all directions of life. It is expected that the implementation of ICT will create a notable impact on the income level of the farmers. The present study will give a direction in this regard. The study is based on primary data and original work of the authors.

1 Downstream Processing of Biofuels -- 2 Application of Micro-organisms for Biofuel Production -- 3 Influence of Significant Parameters on Cellulase Production by Solid State Fermentation -- 4 Influence of Xenobiotics on Fungal Ligninolytic Enzymes -- 5 Challenges in Bioethanol Production; Effect of Inhibitory Compounds -- 6 Engineering of Zymomonas Mobilis for enhanced Biofuel production -- 7 Sustainable Production of Hydrogen by Algae: Current Status and Future Perspectives -- 8 Bioprocess Parameters for Thermophilic and Mesophilic Biogas Production: Recent Trends and Challenges -- 9 Microbial and Bioinformatics Approach in Biofuel Production -- 10 Substrate Characterization in the Anaerobic Digestion Process. .

1 Biofuel Production Technologies, Comparing the Biofuels and Fossil Fuels -- 2 Microbiological aspects of bioenergy production: Recent update and future directions -- 3 A Comprehensive Review on Microbial Technology for Biogas Production -- 4 Biohydrogen Production from Biomass -- 5 Recent updates of biodiesel production: Source, production methods and metagenomic approach -- 6 Process Modelling and Simulation of Biodiesel Synthesis Reaction for Non-edible Yellow -- 7 Microbial Xylanases: A Helping Module for the Enzyme Biorefinery Platform -- 8 Analysis of various green methods to synthesize nanomaterials: An Ecofriendly Approach. .

The demand for equality and a 'better' share is always there for any 'authoritative allocation of values' and India is no exception. Farmers and Dalit movements present such demands with an aim to seek transformation in the existing power structure for better in political, social and economic spaces. However, one seems to be more organized and successful despite the existence of a multi-layered class structure, while the other remained fragmented and sporadic. It is, therefore, very pertinent to analyse why a considerable chunk of the citizenry is not able to get their due share and what ails their collective bargaining capacity. The present article is an attempt to draw certain commonalities between the 'Farmer' and 'Dalit' movements in India and identify the gaps—that the Dalit movement can fill by taking a cue from the farmer movement. Also, it attempts to analyse how with time all the farmers' organizations collectively mobilized together on the pan-India level on a single platform to bargain for their common interest but why such consciousness is not being developed among Dalits even after 75 years of independence.

Chapter 1. Ecosystem health and dynamics: An indicator of Global Climate Change -- Chapter 2. A comprehensive evaluation of heavy metals contamination in foodstuff and associated human health risk: a global perspective -- Chapter 3. Climate change impact on forest and agro-biodiversity: A special reference to Amarkantak Area, Madhya Pradesh -- Chapter 4. Agriculture sustainability and climate change nexus -- Chapter 5. Heat Stress in crops: Driver of climate change impacting global food supply -- Chapter 6. India's major subsurface pollutants under future climatic scenarios: Challenges and remedial solutions -- Chapter 7. Phosphorus sorption characteristics of the surface sediments from industrially polluted GBPS reservoir, India -- Chapter 8. Spatio-temporal variations of precipitation and temperatures under CORDEX Climate Change Projections: A Case study of Krishna River Basin, India -- Chapter 9. Microorganisms in maintaining food and energy security in a world of shifting climatic conditions -- Chapter 10. Engineering Photosynthetic Microbes for Sustainable Bioenergy Production -- Chapter 11. Ensuring energy and food security through solar energy utilization -- Chapter 12. A Conceptual Framework to Social Life Cycle Assessment of e-Waste Management: a case study in the city of Rio de Janeiro -- Chapter 12. Unsustainable management of Plastic Wastes in India: A threat to global warming and climate change -- Chapter 14. Assessment of public acceptance of the establishment of a recycling plant in Salfit district, Palestine -- Chapter 15. An overview of the technological applicability of plasma gasification process -- Chapter 16. Natural Gas Hydrates: Possible Environmental Issues

Acknowledgement -- Human overpopulation : impact on environment / Shivani Uniyal, Rashmi Paliwal, Bhumija Kaphaliya and R K Sharma -- Human overpopulation and food security : challenges for the sustainable agriculture sustainability / Rishikesh Singh, Pratap Srivastava, Pradeep Singh, Shweta Upadhyay and Akhilesh Singh Raghubanshi -- Population and global food security : issues related to climate change / Supriya Tiwari, Barkha Vaish and Pooja Singh -- Study of integrated coastal zone management and its environmental effects : a case of Iran / Habibeh Karimi and Farid Gholamrezafahimi -- Monitoring changes in urban cover using landsat satellite images and demographical information / Prashant K Srivastava, Swati Suman and Smita Pandey -- Genetically modified crops : a long way to go / Amit Srivastava and Claudia Edith Torres-Vargas -- Applying a grass-root approach to empowering change agents to transform pro-conservation attitudes and behaviors in over-populated China / Kenneth C. C. Yang and Yowei kang -- Impact of overpopulation on land use pattern / Shivani Garg -- Giving waste a second chance : public awareness and youth empowerment / Shlrene Quaik, Asha Embrandiri, Kaizar Hossain and Norli Ismail -- Assessment of available technologies for hospital waste management : a need for society / Alok Rai, Richa Kothari and D. P. Singh -- Overpopulation and its association with natural disasters : a case study of Indian tsunami, 2004 / Geetanjali Kaushik, Satish S Patil, Poonam Singhal and Arvind L. Chel -- Airborne particulate matter : source scenario and their impact on human health and environment / Bhawna Dubey, Asim Kumar Pal and Gurdeep Singh -- Harmful effects of ecosystem impairment on human health / Suruchi Singh, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal and Madhoolika Agrawal -- Tropospheric ozone pollution, agriculture and food security / Abhijit Sarkar, Sambit Datta and Pooja Singh -- Human overpopulation and water pollution : reduction of microbial pollution by vertical flow constructed wetland / Gargi Sharma and Pravin K. Mutiyar -- Compilation of references -- About the contributors -- Index

AbstractIn the early 2000s, Japan instituted the Great Heisei Consolidation, a national strategy to promote large-scale municipal mergers. This study analyzes the impact that this strategy could have on watershed management. We select the Lake Kasumigaura Basin, the second largest lake in Japan, for the case study and construct a dynamic expanded input–output model to simulate the ecological system around the Lake, the socio-environmental changes over the period, and their mutual dependency for the period 2012–2020. In the model, we regulate and control the following water pollutants: total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and chemical oxygen demand. The results show that a trade-off between economic activity and the environment can be avoided within a specific range of pollution reduction, given that the prefectural government implements optimal water environment policies, assuming that other factors constraining economic growth exist. Additionally, municipal mergers are found to significantly reduce the budget required to improve the water environment, but merger budget efficiency varies nonlinearly with the reduction rate. Furthermore, despite the increase in financial efficiency from the merger, the efficiency of installing domestic wastewater treatment systems decreases drastically beyond a certain pollution reduction level and eventually reaches a limit. Further reductions require direct regulatory instruments in addition to economic policies, along with limiting the output of each industry. Most studies on municipal mergers apply a political, administrative, or financial perspective; few evaluate the quantitative impact of municipal mergers on the environment and environmental policy implications. This study addresses these gaps.

Water - a basic element of life, livelihood, food security and sustainable development - holds the key to global sustainability. The global water demand has been increased 3-fold in the past five decades and only 0.4% of the total world's fresh water resources is available and accessible for use. The United Nations projected that half of all countries will face water scarcity by 2025 and more than one-third of the world's population could be affected by water stress by 2050. The water problem is rapidly intensifying in the Asian region, and around 700 million people do not have access to safe drinking water. Similarly, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, by 2050, more than one billion people in Asia alone are projected to experience negative impacts on water resources as a result of climate change. Climate change is also putting extra pressure on and adversely affecting the global water cycle, leading to irregular precipitation, more floods and droughts and creating an imbalance between water supply and demand. The availability of safe water is a major global concern due to the rapidly increasing population, urbanization, unsustainable consumption patterns, and rapid shifts in land use. It is believed that reduced access to freshwater will have cascading consequences that will pose threat to global food security, livelihood security, and cause large scale migration and economic and geopolitical tensions. As such, strategies for water conservation, wastewater reuse and recycling should be adopted in order to lessen the gap between supply and demand for water for different activities. This book provides readers with a better understanding of the water security challenges, and presents innovations to address these challenges, strengthen the science-policy interface, and develop institutional and human capacities for water security and sustainability