Climate Change and Agriculture : Emerging Scenarios and Adaptation Strategies

Beschreibung

Contents Preface 1 Greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural fields making agriculture truly environment friendlyAK Misra Venkatesh Bharadwaj and Akansha Rastogi 2 Impact of climate change on agriculture adopting some adaptation measuresHarsh Vardhan Puranik and Atul Kumar Gupta 3 Climate change and its impact on productivity of rice and wheat a case of Tarai Area of UttarakhandHS Kushwaha Manisha Rani Amod Kumar and Menka Mehra 4 Climate change agriculture interrelationships issues facing rural IndiaArpita Sharma 5 Impact of climatic variability on rice and wheat productivity experiences from Meerut District of Western Uttar PradeshUP Shahi Ashok Kumar BP Dhyani RK Naresh Deepak Sisodia and AK Chaubey 6 Factors for climate change efforts to overcome global warming impact on agricultural production system and livelihoodLal Singh Parmeet Singh BA Khanday and Subhash Chand 7 Effect of High Diurnal temperature on pollen and spikelet sterility of basmati and non basmati rice varieties agriculture as a climate sensitive sectorV Venkatramanan SD Singh and Shachi Shah 8 Climate change and its potential effects on tree line position impending threats of increasing temperatureNisar Bhat 9 Global Climate change and its impact on livestock production a threat to livestock dependent economiesAli Seid Mohammed and Kon Daniel Awan 10 Contribution of livestock to global warming a focus on mitigation strategiesLipismita Samal and Chinmoy Mishra 11 Global warming climate change and burning problems livestock not to the blameAlok Kumar Akanksha Rastogi Vivek pal and Ambrish Kumar 12 Bed planting system promotes crop diversification for improving livelihoods in Indo-Gangetic plainsRK Naresh B Singh Ashok Kumar and UP Shahi 13 Climate change as a multiplier of food security risksPoonam Khurana 14 Food production in peril concerns and challenges of global warmingKush Kalra 15 Climate change impact on forest cover in IndiaAtul Dubey 16 Estimation of salinity areas through visual interpretation in parts of South West Punjab using remote sensing and GISAvadhesh Kumar Koshal 17 Growth photopsynthesis Nodule nitrogen and carbon fixation in Berseem Trifolium Alexandrinum L genotypes under salinity stressDeepak Kumar Depika and PK Singh 18 Adaptation capabilities of mountain agriculture a response to global warmingVir Singh and BS Bisht 19 Agricultures potential to combat climate change a review of the evidenceKavita Tariyal and Uma Melkania 20 The Himalaya Rangelands basis for ecological food and livelihood securityVir Singh Nanda Nautiyal and JC Badola Climate change is looming large on the globe and has become a major issue of our concern This situation of the global environment poses threat at several fronts Agriculture which is closely linked with weather cycle is one of such fronts All agricultural operations are designed in tune with climate pattern Even a slight fluctuation in any critical environmental factor such as temperature may cause irreversible damage to agricultural performance The present book underlines such concerns about current status our environment and agriculture Edited by prominent scholars of the first and the largest agricultural university of India the book collates the perspective and research based articles portraying agriculture scenarios under the spell of on going climate change and offering adaptation strategies to overcome current and perceived problems Containing 20 chapters the book discusses impact of the changing climate on agriculture and of agriculture on environment climate change influence on productivity of crops effect of high diurnal temperature on pollen and spikelet sterility climate change effects on forests and forestry and livestock livestocks contribution to global warming etc The book also attempts to underline various strategies for reducing agricultures vulnerability to climate change and for adaptation to on going climate change The book will be useful for agriculturists climate change specialists.

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Bibliografische Details

Titel

Climate Change and Agriculture : Emerging Scenarios and Adaptation Strategies

Verlag

Biotech Books

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

817622233X

ISBN-13

9788176222334

Einband

Hardcover

Illustrator

tables, photos