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Front cover -- Half title -- Full title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- Section I - Legumes for sustainable crop intensification -- Chapter 1 - Legume-based agroecosystem for sustainable intensification: An overview -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Vertical intensification of legumes -- 1.3 Horizontal intensification of legumes -- 1.4 Improved human nutrition, health, and livelihood -- 1.5 Improved animal health -- 1.6 Improved human and animal's dietary energy -- 1.7 Legumes for nitrogen and weed manager in cropping system -- 1.8 Breeding for enhancing yield potential of grain legumes -- 1.9 Protection of soil from erosion and degradation -- 1.10 Promoting soil properties and associated processes -- 1.11 Reduce ecological footprint and ensures climate-resilient agriculture -- 1.12 Improved ecosystem services sustainably -- 1.13 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2 - Scope for production of pulses in rice fallow lands in South Asia -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Global scenario and constraints of rice fallow management -- 2.2.1 Global scenario -- 2.2.2 Constraints in targeting rice fallow -- 2.2.2.1 Abiotic constraints -- 2.2.2.2 Biotic constraints -- 2.2.2.3 Socioeconomic constraints -- 2.2.2.4 Other production constraints in managing rice fallow -- 2.2.2.5 Soil moisture depletion and lack of irrigation -- 2.2.2.6 Shortage of quality seeds of pulses -- 2.2.2.7 Long duration rice varieties -- 2.2.2.8 Poor crop management -- 2.3 Strategies and innovative pathway for targeting rice fallow -- 2.3.1 Water harvesting and storage -- 2.3.2 Use of resource conservation technologies -- 2.3.3 A system model of crop production -- 2.3.4 Suitable crops and varieties -- 2.3.5 Seed priming and optimum seeding rate -- 2.3.6 Seed treatment and foliar plant nutrition.