As an established fact, agriculture is the mainstay of majority of Indian population. with strenuous efforts of a agricultural scientists, farmers and policy planners India moved from mere subsistence to surplus position in the field. This encyclopedic work or frays the entire picture of Indian agriculture, touching all-vital issues and aspects.

S.A. Zar, a scholar and researcher by choice, is a senior government servant in U.P. Voracious reader with staunch penchant for academic activities, he has several books to his credit. Indian agriculture and geography etc., are area of his special interest.