Farm to Fruit: Principles & Practices is an interdisciplinary academic book that presents agriculture as a connected system involving production, food science, vegetable science, processing, consumers, markets, finance, taxation, media, financial inclusion, and sustainable development. The book brings together contributions from ten professors belonging to different academic fields, with each chapter examining agriculture through the author’s area of specialization while remaining aligned with the central theme.
The book is edited by Dr. Raghvendra Singh and Dr. Ashish Srivastava, both associated with the Faculty of Agriculture and Allied Industries, Rama University. Their academic leadership provides the book with a strong agricultural foundation while encouraging multidisciplinary discussion and practical relevance.
The chapters explore scientific agricultural practices alongside value-chain development, circular economy, agricultural marketing, rural finance, accounting, taxation, consumer perspectives, and communication. This structure helps readers understand agriculture not only as a production activity but also as an economic, commercial, social, and institutional ecosystem.
Published by Govin Publication, the book is suitable for students, researchers, academicians, agricultural professionals, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and readers from agriculture, management, commerce, finance, food science, and allied disciplines.
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Shambhavi Dwivedi is a research scholar in the Department of Management at GLA University and an experienced Learning and Development professional with more than six years of experience across academic and corporate environments. Her expertise includes instructional design, employee engagement, leadership development, communication, performance coaching, talent development, and professional readiness. Her combined exposure to management research, corporate training, and behavioural development enables her to examine sustainability from a practical, organizational, and market-oriented perspective.
As the author of Chapter 4, “Circular Economy in Agri-Business Sector,” in Farm to Fruit: Principles & Practices, she examines how circular economy principles can improve sustainability, resource efficiency, and value creation across agricultural systems. The chapter explains the transition from linear farming models to systems based on reducing, reusing, recycling, and recovering resources. It discusses crop-residue recycling, soil-health improvement, water reuse, nutrient recovery, and productive utilization of organic waste in horticulture. The chapter also explores integrated crop–livestock systems, manure management, biogas production, and waste-to-value opportunities in dairy and poultry enterprises, presenting circularity as a practical pathway for resilient, efficient, and environmentally responsible agri-business development.
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