For sustainable development globally the skilled human resource is a key element. Therefore, the capacity building should be major focus to harness the gains of emerging science and technologies. With the advent of emerging technologies, it is possible to give pace to the primary production of crops, post-harvest processing of crop produce, manufacturing technologies for developing value added products emanating from plants and animals. The science and technology applications for assessment and optimization of natural resources including land, rhizosphere, water, forest, biodiversity and environment. Therefore, know-how and guidance in using emerging technologies are valuable to effectively utilize human capital and natural resources. The use of natural resources through pragmatic and optimized technologies is a way forward to achieve the UN millennium goals for sustainable development globally. In Africa and Asia most people live in villages which are also primary centres of production for crops and animals, in such regions the gains of science and technology are far below than the expected due to lack of appropriate training and consequently lack of enterprises. The awareness of climatic change, appropriate use of natural and applied resources and national development policies is quite low which falls for concerted approach for holistic development.

Keeping these facts in view an International Seminar on "Harnessing Science and Technology Applications through Capacity Building and Economic Policies for Sustainable Development" was jointly organized by International Foundation for Sustainable Development in Asia and Africa (IFSDAA) and Afro-Asian Studies Promotion Association (AASF) and HAWK University of Applied Sciences & Arts -Gottingen, Germany in collaboration with Society for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management (SSARM) at Mahatma Gandhi House, Göttingen, Germany from September 13 – 15th, 2018. 

The twenty-nine papers presented and intended to be presented are included in this book entitled "Emerging Technologies towards Agriculture, Food and Environment". For systematic reading these papers have been resolved into six sections namely: science and technology innovations for agripreneurs; crop improvement; soil and rhizosphere; agroforestry and horticulture; environmental sciences; technology and policy preceded by a strong vision paper.

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• Foreword
• Preamble
• Prelude
• Preface
• About the Editors

Vision Paper: 

1. From Agricultural Research to Agribusiness by Factor Cn: Capability, Capacity, Courage, Competence, and C… Vision 2025-2050/52*
   Dr. Manfred J. Kern

SECTION 1: Science and Technology Innovations for Agri-Preneurs

1. Why has a Green Revolution not yet taken place in Africa ?
   Arthur Riedacker 
2. Protein of Animal Origin: Are there any Alternatives to Animal Products?
   Gerhard Flachowsky, Ulrich Meyer and Martin Waehner
3. Plant-Based Food Processing for the Health-Conscious Consumer – Challenges and Opportunities
   Seedhabadee Ganeshan and Ravindra N. Chibbar

SECTION 2: Crop Improvement

1. Grain Legumes play a Crucial Role for Sustainable Agriculture Development in Australia
   Kedar N. Adhikari
2. Participatory Plant Breeding: A way forward to Harness Farmers Wisdom, Science and Technology for Sustainable Crop Improvement
   R.K. Behl, Pawan Kumar and Pravin Kumar Sharma
3. Community Based Seed Production in SNNPR State, Ethiopia: Progresses and Challenges
   Agdew Bekele
4. Heat Tolerance and Adaptability in Wheat
   R.K. Behl, Yogesh Jindal and Arpit Gaur
5. Features of Freez-Winter Resistance of Collected Samples of Winter Wheat in the Conditions of North Part of Forest Steppe of Ukraine
   L.M. Holyk, V.M. Starychenko and S.I. Holyk

SECTION 3: Soil and Rhizosphere

1. Long-Term Field Experiment “Eternal Rye” in Halle/S. Yield development from 1879-2010
   Wolfgang Merbach, Friedhelm Herbst and Lothar Schmidt
2. Soil Microbial Community: A Key Parameter in Sustainability of Agro-Ecosystem
   Machiavelli Singh and Sunil Khanna
3. Growth and Development of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) and other Field Crops Innoculated with different Rhizobial Strains under Field Conditions
   Sapna and K. D Sharma 
4. Soil Fertility Mapping of the Experimental Farm of School of Agriculture in Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-Punjab
   Jaihoon Rafie, Raj Kumar and Vikas
5. Nanopesticides: A Novel Approach to Mitigate Pest Control in Crop Plants
   Himani and Jayanti Tokas
6. Medium Formulation and Optimization for High ß-Galactosidase Producing Microbial Strains from Dairy Waste through Fermentation
   Ashish Shukla, V.K. Srivastava, K.P. Mishra and Pushplata Tripathi
7. Development of Salt Tolerant Mutants of Pseudomonas
   Shellina Khan and Navneet Joshi

SECTION 4: Agroforestry and Horticulture

1. Role of Remote Sensing in the Field of Forestry
   Vindhya P. Tewari, Rajesh Kumar, S.K. Singh and Subrata Nandy
2. Effect of Different Levels of Rejuvenal Pruning on Tree Canopy, Yield and Quality of Ber
   Satpal Baloda, S.K. Sehrawat, Jeet Ram Sharma, Surender Singh and R.S, Beniwal
3. Understanding the Mechanisms of Dehiscence and Development of Indehiscent Capsule in Sesamum indicum L.
   Manju Sharma and Machiavelli Singh

SECTION 5: Environmental Sciences

1. Biodiesel Production: Process and Current Scenario
   Babita Khosla and Vishal Behl
2. Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons: A Review
   N. S. Rathee
3. Waste Water Treatment using Moringa oleifera as Natural Coagulant
   Himanshi and Geeta Dhania
4. Enhancement of Physico-Chemical Properties of Soil after Ecological Restoration: A Review
   Sonal Jain, Nupur Sobti, Shelja K. Juneja and Pallavi Kaushik
5. Enrichment of Organic Waste Compost with Microbial Inoculants
   Meenakshi Nandal and Geeta Dhania
6. Cadmium Uptake and its Effect on Plant Growth: A Review
   Meena Deswal and Jitender Singh Laura

SECTION 6: Technology and Policy

1. Artificial Neural Networks and Remote Sensing as Useful Tools in Diagnosis and Detection of Wheat Diseases
   Edward Arseniuk, Wies?aw Golka, Adrian Golka and Tomasz Góral
2. Towards an African Perspective on Technology Development
   Achim Ibenthal
3. European Union’s Foreign Policy: A Case of Possession Goals or Milieu Goals
   Aakanksha Nehra
4. Capacity Building in Allied Health Sector: Physiotherapy, A Success Story
   R. K. Mudgil
5. Optimization of Sugar Free Peda using RSM
   Ashish Khare, Apoorva Behari Lal, M.K. Salooja and Amit P. Singh

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