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Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture

  • V. Venkatramanan
  • Shachi Shah
  • Ram Prasad
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Defining a Policy Nexus for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in the Caribbean Region
    Wendy-Ann P. Isaac, Wayne G. Ganpat, Puran Bridgemohan, Marlene Attzs
    Pages 1-13
  3. A Review of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Mauritius: Moving Towards a Landscape Approach
    Shane Hardowar
    Pages 15-31
  4. Climate-Smart and -Resilient Agricultural Practices in Eastern Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
    V. Thadshayini, K. W. G. Rekha Nianthi, G. A. S. Ginigaddara
    Pages 33-68
  5. Impact of Climate Change on Communities, Response and Migration of Insects, Nematodes, Vectors and Natural Enemies in Diverse Ecosystems
    J. Sridhar, K. Kiran Kumar, R. K. Murali-Baskaran, Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan, Suraj Sharma, M. Nagesh et al.
    Pages 69-93
  6. The Current Policies and Practices Behind Scaling Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in India
    Dhanya Praveen, Andimuthu Ramachandran
    Pages 95-107
  7. Building Resilience to Climate Change in Agriculture: Integrated Natural Resource Management and Institutional Measures
    K. H. Anantha, Kaushal K. Garg, Sreenath Dixit
    Pages 109-136
  8. Climate-Smart Small Millets (CSSM): A Way to Ensure Sustainable Nutritional Security
    H. M. Vinaya Kumar, Naveenkumar Gattupalli, S. C. Babu, Anuj Bhatia
    Pages 137-154
  9. Scope and Strategic Intervention for Climate-Smart Agriculture in North Eastern India
    N. K. Patra, Suresh Chandra Babu
    Pages 155-186
  10. Sustainable Livestock Management Systems for Indian Rural Livelihood: Mitigation of Climate Change
    T. Thamil Vanan, D. Divya Lakshmi
    Pages 187-198
  11. Precision Farming: A Step Towards Sustainable, Climate-Smart Agriculture
    Trisha Roy, Justin George K
    Pages 199-220
  12. Integration of Geospatial Technology and Simulation Modelling for Climate Change Studies
    Himani Bisht, Shweta Gautam, Riki Sarma, A. K. Mishra, V. K. Prajapati
    Pages 221-247
  13. Geospatial Applications in Modeling Climate Change Impact on Soil Erosion
    Suresh Kumar
    Pages 249-272
  14. Extension and Advisory Services for Climate-Smart Agriculture
    Saravanan Raj, Saisree Garlapati
    Pages 273-299
  15. Climate Services for Managing Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
    S. D. Attri
    Pages 301-314
  16. Nanotechnology for Mitigation of Global Warming Impacts
    K. S. Subramanian, V. Karthika, M. Praghadeesh, A. Lakshmanan
    Pages 315-336
  17. Climate Policy
    Javaria Nasir, Muhammad Ashfaq, Rakshanda Kousar
    Pages 337-358

About this book

Introduction

This book provides essential insights into methods and practices of ‘Climate-smart Agriculture,’ which is driven by the principles of climate resilience and smart resource use in agricultural production. Climate-smart agriculture is a key policy instrument for achieving poverty eradication and a hunger-free world, as well as mitigating the effects of climate change. This book discusses in detail climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices that can reduce the vulnerability of agricultural systems, improve the livelihoods of farmers and other stakeholders, and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from crop production and livestock husbandry.

The agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector produces roughly 10–12 gigatons of CO2-equivalent per year; therefore, sustainable practices for agriculture and related land use hold immense potential to mitigate climate change. The potential impacts of climate variability and climate change on agriculture are extensively documented and articulated, especially with regard to global and national environmental agendas that call for innovation, transformation and climate-resilient advances in agriculture. As the book demonstrates, climate-smart agriculture offers an excellent tool for boosting agricultural output to feed the growing global population; for reducing greenhouse gases emissions from agriculture and other land use; and for protecting agricultural production systems from the impending dangers of climate change.

Keywords

Global Climate Change Sustainable Agriculture Climate Smart Agriculture Mitigation and adaptation Global food policy

Editors and affiliations

  • V. Venkatramanan
    • 1
  • Shachi Shah
    • 2
  • Ram Prasad
    • 3
  1. 1.School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary StudiesIndira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew DelhiIndia
  2. 2.School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary StudiesIndira Gandhi National Open UniversityNew DelhiIndia
  3. 3.Department of Botany, School of Life SciencesMahatma Gandhi Central UniversityMotihari, East ChamparanIndia

About the editors

Dr. V. Venkatramanan is an Assistant Professor at the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. He graduated with a degree in Agriculture from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, and completed postgraduate studies in Environmental Sciences at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. His areas of interest include climate change studies, biodegradation, and green technologies for environmental management. He has authored more than 30 publications including research papers in peer-reviewed journals, review articles, and book chapters. In addition, he has edited the book “Sustainable Green Technologies for Environmental Management” (Springer Singapore).

Dr. Shachi Shah is an Associate Professor (Environmental Studies) at the School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies, IGNOU, New Delhi. Previously, she served as an Assistant Professor for seven years at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. She has nearly two decades of teaching and research experience in environmental microbiology and biotechnology, specifically in the areas of waste management, waste bioremediation, waste valorization, waste to energy, and plant-growth-promoting organisms. She has more than fifty publications in national and international journals to her credit, as well as several book chapters.

Dr. Ram Prasad has been associated with the Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India, since 2005. His research interests include plant-microbe interactions, environmental microbiology, sustainable agriculture, and microbial nanobiotechnology. Dr. Prasad has more than one hundred publications to his credit, including research papers, review articles & book chapters, has five patents issued or pending, and has edited or authored several books. Dr. Prasad has twelve years of teaching experience and has been honored with e.g. the Young Scientist Award & Prof. J.S. Datta Munshi Gold Medal by the International Society for Ecological Communications; an FSAB fellowship by the Society for Applied Biotechnology; and an American Cancer Society UICC International Fellowship for Beginning Investigators, USA. Having previously served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA, he is currently a Research Associate Professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.


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