Subject(s): History -- Environmental aspects -- Sustainable agriculture -- Role of agriculture in economic development : Economic growth, investment in agriculture, Theodore W. Schultz on agriculture, agriculture in developing countries, agricultural productivity -- Indian agriculture- an overview : History, importance of agriculture in Indian economy, subsistence nature of farming and small sized holdings, cropping pattern in Indian agriculture, low productivity of Indian agriculture, declining share of agriculture in GDP, oilseeds/edible oils, post harvest losses -- Phases of agricultural development in India : Green revolution , 1950 to 2011 -- Productivity and efficiency of Indian agriculture : labour intensive agriculture, agriculture productivity and rural income, demand for workers, agricultural inputs, structural transformation -- Review of studies on agricultural productivity -- Environmental sustainability of Indian agriculture : Development, pollution, agriculture and environment interface, climate change and agriculture, National mission for sustainability agriculture - NMSA, Prime minister's council on climate change -- Degradation of soil resource base : land degradation, land pollution, consequences of land degradation, soil fertility, soil erosion and productivity loss, pest control, land degradation, Soil and land use survey of India- SLUSI, soil conservation training centre - Damodar valley corporation - DVC, soil conservation in the catchment of river valley projects and flood prone rivers, reclamation and development of alkali and acid soils - RADAS, watershed development project in shifting cultivation areas, national mission for sustainable agriculture- NMSA, fly ash utilization, mining and land use management -- Degradation of water resources : Importance and utilization of water, ground water irrigation and depletion, farm -level effects of irrigation-induced salinity, water use efficiency, strategy for efficient management of water resources