Climate Change and Agriculture: Emerging Scenarios and Adaptation Strategies

by Bisht, B S et al eds

ISBN: 9789351303596
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Imprint : Biotech
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 11495.00
Biblio : xvi+331p., figs., tabls., 23 cm

Table of Contents

"Preface List of Contributors 1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Fields Making Agriculture Truly Environment-Friendly by A.K. Misra, Venkatesh Bharadwaj and Akanksha Rastogi 2. Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture: Adopting Some Adaptation Measures by Harsh Vardhan Puranik and Atul Kumar Gupta 3. Climate Change and its Impact on Productivity of Rice and Wheat: A Case of Tarai Area of Uttarakhand by H.S. Kushwaha, Manisha Rani, Amod Kumar and Menka Mehra 4. Climate Change-Agriculture Interrelationships: Issues Facing Rural India by Arpita Sharma 5. Impact of Climatic Variability on Rice and Wheat Productivity: Experiences from Meerut District of Western Uttar Pradesh by U.P. Shahi, Ashok Kumar, B.P. Dhyani, R.K. Naresh, Deepak Sisodia and A.K. Chaubey 6. Factors for Climate Change: Efforts to Overcome Global Warming Impact on Agricultural Production System and Livelihood by Lal Singh, Parmeet Singh, B.A. 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 Sector by V. Venkatramanan, S.D. Singh and Shachi Shah 8. Climate Change and its Potential Effects on Tree Line Position: Impending Threats of Increasing Temperature by Nisar Bhat 9. Global Climate Change and its Impact on Livestock Production: A Threat to Livestock-Dependent Economies by Ali Seid Mohammed and Kon Daniel Awan 10. Contribution of Livestock to Global Warming: A Focus on Mitigation Strategies by Lipismita Samal and Chinmoy Mishra 11. Global Warming, Climate Change and Burning Problems: Livestock not to the Blame by Alok Kumar, Akanksha Rastogi, Vivek Paland Ambrish Kumar 12. Bed Planting System Promotes Crop Diversification for Improving Livelihoods in Indo-gangetic Plains by R.K. Naresh, B. Singh, Ashok Kumar and U.P. Shahi 13. Climate Change as a Multiplier of Food Security Risks by Poonam Khurana 14. Food Production in Peril: Concerns and Challenges of Global Warming by Kush Kalra 15. Climate Change: Impact on Forest Cover in India by Atul Dubey 16. Estimation of Salinity Areas Through Visual Interpretation in Parts of South West Punjab Using Remote Sensing and GIS by Avadhesh Kumar Koshal 17. Growth, Photosynthesis, Nodule Nitrogen and Carbon Fixation in Berseem (Trifolium Alexandrinum L.) Genotypes Under Salinity Stress by Deepak Kumar, Deepika and P.K. Singh 18. Adaptation Capabilities of Mountain Agriculture: A Response to Global Warming by Vir Singh and B.S. Bisht 19. Agriculture’s Potential to Combat Climate Change: A Review of the Evidence by Kavita Tariyal and Uma Melkania 20. The Himalayan Rangelands: Basis for Ecological, Foo"