Agriculture Reference
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and can hardly be inventoried without system evaluation. The related is-
sues, challenges and priorities are not so easy to enlist, since such exercise
cannot be made possible in isolation. Moreover, its science is specifically
specializing, but our approach to this effect has more or less been general-
ning may be formulated through integrated approach as below.
1. Mechanical as well as chemical efforts to minimize CO
2
, CH
4
and
N
2
O emission.
2. Carbon sequestration by mechanical, chemical, biological and
pedogenic manipulation.
3. Planting trees and agro-forestry of high CO
2
-demand.
4. Green house gas
emission from burning fossil, liquid, solid and
gaseous fuels including other sources may be chemically used/se-
questered in some other forms.
5. Minimizing load on petroleum and other fuel sources through dif-
ferent bio-fuel extraction.
6. Architectural manipulation providing greenery over buildings,
lawn and similar constructions.
7. Adoption of conservation agriculture by keeping the land covered
with vegetation round the year.
8. Restoration of biodiversity and forest plantation in all bare lands.
9. River-banks to be covered with agro-forestry with shrubs and trees
of high CO
2
demand.
10. High-density orchards and garden plants following the manage-
ment to keep the soil covered with shadow horticultural crops.
11. Impose legal ban against any construction or nonfarming activities
in a productive land.
12. Construction of highways and railway tracks along the bank of
river.
Top soil (edaphology) restoration is an issue to be addressed in the
light of surrounding environment including slope gradient, parent materi-
als, aspect, natural vegetation, effective soil depth, rainfall intensity and
distribution, zeolitic materials, clay types and nature of land use and soil
biodiversity. Soil developed on limestone is very susceptible to erosion as
compared to basaltic soils. Conservation agriculture is a management sys-
tem to keep a soil covered with vegetation round the year. But, our efforts
must follow a system starting from evaluation of soil and its environment
on total soil basis (pedology). With a comprehensive knowledge about the
