Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems: Design and Systems Perspectives

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxv
 Introduction: Transition Challenges and Pathways to Sustainable Community Systems: Design and Systems Perspectives  (Amar K. J. R. Nayak)....Pages 1-14
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 ‘Good Anthropocene’: The Zeitgeist of the 21st Century  (Anup Dash)....Pages 17-29
 Sustainable Communities and Moral Values  (Bijayananda Kar)....Pages 31-37
 The Buddhist Perspective on Sustainable Development  (K. T. S. Sarao)....Pages 39-50
 Paticcasamuppada: The Theory of Dependent Origination: A Scientific Means of Changing Outlook and Behaviour  (Praveen Kumar)....Pages 51-56
 We Are One After All!  (S. Antony Raj SJ)....Pages 57-65
 Re-envisioning Development for Sustainable Community Systems: Art, Spirituality and Social Transformations  (Ananta Kumar Giri)....Pages 67-85
 A Treatise on Interpretation, Viewpoint and Perspectives on Trust  (Abhranil Gupta)....Pages 87-97
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 Strategy-Driven Institutional Convergence: A Policy Vista for Integrated Agriculture Development  (Hemnath Rao Hanumankar)....Pages 101-110
 Convergence and Flexibility for Last-Mile Delivery of Citizen-Centric Services: A Case Study from Nabarangpur, Odisha  (Usha Padhee)....Pages 111-117
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 In-Situ Water Conservation on One-Hectare Farmland: An Action Research  (Amar K. J. R. Nayak, Tanmay Khuntia, Birendra Suna)....Pages 121-134
 Intensification of Bodi-Based Farming for Sustainable Livelihood Assurance  (Chandrakanta B. Prasan, Joshua N. Daniel)....Pages 135-143
 Farm-Diversity Management for Sustainable Production Systems  (Arun K. Sharma)....Pages 145-152
 Understanding Livelihood Diversification: A Case Study of Mushroom Farming in Bihar  (Surya Bhushan, Piyush Kumar Singh, Sridhar Telidevara, Santosh Kumar)....Pages 153-167
 Forest Accounting and Sustainability  (Parashram J. Patil)....Pages 169-182
 Moringa Production and Consumption: An Alternative Perspective for Government Policy-Making  (Goutam Saha, Mou Sen)....Pages 183-194
 Cotton Farming in India: Alternative Perspectives and Paradigms  (Lipsa Mohapatra, Goutam Saha)....Pages 195-213
 MDCM Approach to Sustainable Agriculture Production for Odisha  (Bishnu Prasad Mishra, Banashri Rath, Laxmidhar Swain, Aamlan Saswat Mishra)....Pages 215-229
 Sources of Productivity Growth and Livelihoods Resilience in Bihar in the Recent Decade: A District-Level Non-parametric Analysis  (Surya Bhushan)....Pages 231-248
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 Effect of Firm Size on Performance Leading to Sustainability  (Asish Kumar Panda, Amar K. J. R. Nayak)....Pages 251-262
 Organisational Design for Agriculture and Rural Development  (Hemantbhai B. Naik)....Pages 263-269
 Producer Collectives: What Are We Missing Out?  (Sankar Datta)....Pages 271-288
 Companies of Farmers  (Yoginder K. Alagh)....Pages 289-293
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 Community, but for Its Absent Presence  (Nyla Coelho)....Pages 297-303
 Attributes of Community Champions Volunteering for Leading Institutional Change in a Social Context  (Amar Patnaik)....Pages 305-323
 Peoples’ Power and Processes in Ushering Changes: Cases from Bihar  (G. Krishnamurthi, Jaya Kritika Ojha, Amrita Dhiman)....Pages 325-337
 Summary and Way Forward  (Amar K. J. R. Nayak)....Pages 339-342
Back Matter ....Pages 343-347