About The Book Climate Change And Agriculture Over India
Book Summary:
Global warming has led to climate change which in turn has led to frequent occurrence of floods, droughts, and cold and heat waves, affecting the productivity of food grain in a large measure. This book studies the effects of regional climate change on the agriculture sector in different states of India.
The book also discusses the impact of global warming on the agriculture sector across the world and describes in particular how climate change/variability is affecting rainfall, temperature and land in various states of India. It also suggests adaptation techniques which can be evolved to neutralize the adverse effects of climate change. Besides, the text explains the need for weather risk management, agromet advisory services, weather insurance, and the principles and practices of integrated watershed management through a consortium of approaches for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change in the semi-arid tropics.
This book, with contributions from experts in the field and edited by academics who are authority on the subject, should prove to be extremely useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Agriculture, planners, policy makers and administrators.
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
Preface
1. Weather Extremes and Food SecurityG.S.L.H.V. Prasada Rao
2. Regional Climate Change Impacts in IndiaG.G.S.N. Rao, A.V.M.S. Rao, M. Vanaja, V.U.M. Rao and Y.S. Ramakrishna
3. Climate Change and Agriculture over KeralaG.S.L.H.V. Prasada Rao, D. Alexander, K.N. Krishnakumar and C.S. Gopakumar
4. Climate Change and Agriculture over Tamil NaduV. Geethalakshmi and Ga. Dheebakaran
5. Climate Change and Agriculture over KarnatakaM.B. Rajegowda, B.T. Ravindrababu, N.A. Janardhanagowda and N. Jagadeesh
6. Climate Change and Agriculture over Northern KarnatakaH. Venkatesh, K. Krishna Kumar, S.G. Aski and S.N. Kulkarni
7. Climate Change and Agriculture over Andhra PradeshD. Raji Reddy, G. Sreenivas and N.R.G. Varma
8. Weather Hazards on Crops over MaharashtraR.N. Sabale
9. Climate Change and Agriculture over MaharashtraD.D. Mokashi, J.D. Jadhav, and J.R. Kadam
10. Climate Change and Agriculture over ChhattisgarhA.S.R.A.S. Sastri, Somnath Choudhary and Sanjeev Malaiya
11. Climate Change and Agriculture over OrissaS. Pasupalak
12. Climate Change and Agriculture over GujaratVyas Pandey and H.R. Patel
13. Climate Change and Rainfed Agro-ecosystems over Madhya PradeshK.K. Agrawal, S.D. Upadhyay and A.P. Upadhyay
14. Climate Change and Agriculture over West BengalSaon Bannerjee and S.A. Khan
15. Climate Variability and Crop Production over the Arid RajasthanA.S. Rao
16. Climate Change and Agriculture over Eastern Uttar PradeshPadmakar Tripathi and A.K. Singh
17. Climate Change and Agriculture over AssamK.K. Nath and R.L. Deka
18. Implications of Climatic Change for Sustainable Agriculture in HaryanaDiwan Singh, Surender Singh and V.U.M. Rao
19. Climate Change and Agriculture over UttarakhandS.K. Tripathi and B. Chintamanie
20. Climate Change and Agriculture over PunjabPrabhjyot-Kaur and S.S. Hundal
21. Climate Change and Temperate Horticulture over Himachal PradeshMohan Singh Jangra and I.M. Sharma
22. Climate Change and Agriculture over Jammu and KashmirM.K. Khushu, Mahender Singh and Anil Sharma
23. Weather Risk Management and Weather InsuranceG.S.L.H.V. Prasada Rao, V.U.M. Rao and G.G.S.N. Rao
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