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Climate Change and its Impact on Fruit Production: Adaptation Strategies
(Stella International Publication, 2025) Sampurna Nand Singh, Km Kusum
Climate change poses a significant threat to global fruit production, with rising temperatures, altered precipitation patterns, and increased frequency of extreme weather events disrupting physiological processes, phenological cycles, and pest dynamics. These changes can adversely affect fruit yield, quality, and geographic suitability, challenging food security and agricultural sustainability. This chapter explores the multifaceted impacts of climate change on major fruit crops, focusing on shifts in flowering and fruiting times, increased vulnerability to pests and diseases, and water stress. Furthermore, it highlights a range of adaptation strategies employed across different agro-climatic zones, including the development of climate-resilient cultivars, advanced irrigation techniques, agroforestry integration, and changes in agronomic practices. Policy interventions and research priorities are also discussed to support farmers in navigating an increasingly unpredictable climate. This chapter provides an integrative overview essential for researchers, policymakers, and growers aiming to mitigate climate-related risks and ensure resilient fruit production systems.
Preharvest Factors Affecting and Postharvest Quality in Horticultural Crops
(Nitya Publication, 2025) Kusum, Sampurna Nand Singh
The quality of horticultural crops is significantly influenced by both preharvest and postharvest factors, which affect their marketability, nutritional value, and shelf life. Preharvest factors such as climate, soil conditions, irrigation, fertilization, pruning, and pest management play a crucial role in determining the initial quality of fruits, vegetables, and ornamental plants. Genetic factors, cultivar selection, and cultural practices also impact the biochemical composition, texture, and appearance of produce. Postharvest quality is further influenced by handling, storage conditions, packaging, and transportation. Factors such as temperature management, humidity control, and postharvest treatments can either extend or shorten the shelf life of horticultural commodities. Understanding the interplay between preharvest and postharvest factors is essential for optimizing crop quality, reducing postharvest losses, and ensuring consumer satisfaction. This paper explores the key preharvest and postharvest factors that affect the quality of horticultural crops and suggests strategies for maintaining optimal produce quality from farm to market.
Remote Sensing for Value Addition in Natural Farming
(Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025) Alok Singh Jayara, Rajeew Kumar, Priyanka Pandey, Sampurna Nand Singh, Sharad Pandey
The present era of agriculture is facing repercussions from the intensive input use of the Green Revolution. These range from soil health, and plant health to human health. There is a need to have an alternative to conventional farming. Natural farming can be an efficient alternative to sustain agriculture. However, there is a need to make natural farming more efficient and validate it scientifically with modern scientific tools. Remote sensing whose applications range from site selection, crop monitoring and yield prediction, to post-harvest functions of crops can be utilized in natural farming.
Qualitative Research in Education: A Method
(Book Rivers, 2026) Kiran Bala , Azkiya Waris
Qualitative research has become an essential approach in educational studies, providing a detailed insight into intricate phenomena within real-world environments. This paper presents a summary of qualitative research in the field of education, emphasizing its importance, methodologies, and techniques for data collection and analysis. We explore the critical role of qualitative research in comprehending educational contexts, experiences, and outcomes, as well as its impact on shaping policy and practice. Specifically, this paper seeks to: (1) delve into the philosophical foundations of qualitative research in education, (2) analyze the methodologies and techniques utilized in qualitative research, and (3) demonstrate the applications of qualitative research within educational environments. By investigating both the theoretical and practical dimensions of qualitative research, this paper offers a thorough understanding of its significance in educational research.
The Prismatic Classroom: A Theoretical Inquiry into Qualitative Experiences in Education
(Book Rivers, 2026) Azkiya Waris
The investigation delves into the complex characteristics of educational settings as places where meanings are deflected. It is a study influenced by phenomenological and constructivist perspectives that examines how the physical architecture, sociological structures, and digital interfaces combine to the experiences of students and teachers. Among the significant themes are the effects of "environmental hues", the literal and metaphorical aesthetic signals, on student engagement and the continuation of the "hidden curriculum" (crowds, praise, and power) in socializing learners into institutional hierarchies. In addition to that, the study examines the concept of "digital refraction, " which is a situation in which the technological mediation changes social presence and embodiment in virtual spaces. The study, in essence, finds that the creation of genuine student agency and the feeling of belonging necessitate going beyond neoliberal metricization to dialogic partnership and inclusive design.