Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation

edited by R. K. Bhatt, U. Burman, D.K. Painuli, D.V. Singh, Ramavtar Sharma and S.P.S. Tanwar

ISBN 10: 9385055860 / ISBN 13: 9789385055867

Published by Satish Serial Publishing House, 2016

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Contents: Preface. 1. Changing perceptions in carbon pool and fluxes in relation to climate change/Praveen Kumar, Uday Burman and R.K. Bhatt. 2. Climate variability under hot arid environment/D.V. Singh. 3. Assessment and monitoring of drought and desertification arid Rajasthan/P.C. Moharana. 4. Climate change and land use pattern in the Thar Desert/Mahesh Kumar Gaur. 5. Multidimensional role of women for livelihood sustainability/Pratibha Tewari. 6. Biodiversity and its conservation in climate change scenario/Suresh Kumar. 7. Impact of climate change on some fruit crops and their management strategies/P.R. Meghwal. 8. Tree-crop interactions and productivity of agroforestry system in arid and semi-arid ecosystems/N.D. Yadava and M.L. Soni. 9. Integrated farming system for sustainable agriculture in climate change perspective/S.P.S. Tanwar. 10. Prospects of underutilized crops under changing climate scenario/H.R. Mahla, J.P. Singh and B.R. Choudhary. 11. Sustainable management of rangeland of hot arid region with special reference to climate change/J.P. Singh and V.S. Rathore. 12. Grasses for high productivity in hot arid region/M.P. Rajora and C.S. Shantharaja. 13. Effect of elevated CO2 on growth, biomass production and photosynthesis of crops/R.K. Bhatt. 14. Physiological approaches for climate change mitigation and adaptation/Uday Burman. 15. Silvopastoral systems and carbon sequestration/M.M. Roy and R.K. Bhatt…. Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO) concentration crossed 400 ppm in 2015 from 279 ppm of preindustrial period. Similarly compared to preindustrial era, the methane (CH) concentration increased from 722 ppb to 1800 ppb and nitrous oxide (N.O) concentration from270 ppb to 323 ppb in 2011. Increasing GHGs concentration in the atmosphere has created radiative imbalance resulting in more energy from the sun entering than exiting the top of the earth s atmosphere. All the above, individually and collectively, adversely influence the total agriculture productivity. Increased awareness during 1990s about adverse effect of deforestation and other land-use changes on CO, stock coupled with more emphasis on afforestation checked rise in atmospheric carbon-di-oxide in the recent years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Climate Change and Agriculture: Adaptation and Mitigation
• Publisher: Satish Serial Publishing House
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9385055860
• ISBN 13: 9789385055867
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New

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Atmospheric carbon dioxide (007) concentration crossed 400 ppm in 2015 from 279 ppm of preindustrial period. Similarly, compared to preindustrial era, the methane (CH) concentration increased from 722 ppb to 1800 ppb and nitrous oxide (N20) concentration from 270 ppb to 323 ppb in 2011. Increasing GHGs concentration in the atmosphere has created radiative imbalance resulting in more energy fromthe sun entering than exiting thetep ofthe earth's atmosphere. All the above, individually and collectively, adversely influence the total agriculture productivity. Increased awareness during 19905 about adverse effect of deforestation and other land-use changes on 002 stock coupled with more emphasis on afforestation has checked rise in atmospheric carbun-di-oxide in the recentyears. Besides the direct adverse impacts of climate change on crop growth and development in arid regions, indirect effects through reduced availability of rain water, increased irrigation demand, soil degradation due to loss of soil organic matter, etc. are very likely to adversely affect the arid agriculture. Altered temperature and precipitation regimes are most likely to change the composition of plant communities. Forage species, particularly perennial grasses, cover large land area and also serve an important role as source and sinks for atmospheric carbon. Considering the importance of changing climate on arid ecosystem, the present compilation, covering all the relevant aspects related to arid agriculture, has twenty-nine extensively reviewed chapters bearing the mark of rich experience of the authors working in this ecosystem since long. The risks related to climate change have been elaborated, and various adaptation and mitigation strategies and policies to combat climate change have also been covered.