Foreword I by Rattan Lal Foreword II by R.S. Paroda Part I: Conservation Agriculture: Global Scenario and Status in India Conservation Agriculture for Sustainable Intensification: Global options and opportunities Amir Kassam, Y.S. Saharawat, and I.P. Abrol History and Current Scenario of Conservation Agriculture: Benefits and Limitations A.R. Sharma and A.K. Biswas Conservation Agriculture in India: Progress in Research, Adoption, and the Way Forward A.R. Sharma Conservation Agriculture in Rainfed Areas G. Pratibha, K.V. Rao, I. Srinivas, K.L. Sharma, M. Srinivasa Rao, H. Arunakumari, K. Sammi Reddy and V.K. Singh Part II: Management Options for Higher Resource Use Efficiency Nutrient Management in Conservation Agriculture C.M. Parihar, H.S. Nayak, D.M. Mahala, S.L. Jat, Yadvinder-Singh, M.L. Jat, K. Patra, K. Majumdar, T. Satyanarayana, M.D. Parihar and Y.S. Saharawat Water Management in Conservation Agriculture M.L. Jat, Naveen Gupta, H.S. Jat, C.M. Parihar, H.S. Sidhu and Yadvinder-Singh Weed Management in Conservation Agriculture T.K. Das, A.R. Sharma, N.T. Yaduraju and Sourav Ghosh Crop Residue Management in Conservation Agriculture Yadvinder-Singh,, H.S. Sidhu, M.L. Jat, N. Gupta, C.M. Parihar and H. S. Jat Machinery Development for Conservation Agriculture Manpreet Singh, H.S. Sidhu and Shiv KumarLohan Energy Use in Conservation Agriculture U.K. Behera and P.K. Sahoo Part III: Soil Health and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse Gas Emission and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Agriculture Arti Bhatia, Avijit Ghosh, Amit Kumar and Ranjan Bhattacharyya Soil Health Management and Conservation Agriculture K.K. Bandyopadhyay, K.M. Hati, J. Somasundaram and U.K. Mandal Soil Microbes and Conservation Agriculture Geeta Singh Conservation Agriculture in Agroforestry Systems Inder Dev, Asha Ram, Naresh Kumar, A.R. Uthappa and A. Arunachalam Part IV: Economics, Adoption, and Future of Conservation Agriculture Economic Aspects of Conservation Agriculture H.S. Dhaliwal and Dharvinder Singh Adoption of Happy Seeder Technology in North-Western India Rajbir Singh, Yadvinder-Singh and A.R. Sharma Conservation Agriculture: The Future of Indian Agriculture Raj Gupta, I.P. Abrol and A.R. Sharma