Environnemental Science et Ingénierie
Climate Change And Agriculture
Description
Rainfed agriculture is gaining importance throughout le globe en view de its inherent problem de low or sparse rainfall which is accentuated further by climate change. To sustain agriculture et other related activities, we need to know more about le soils et other natural resources including plants, insects et other biological elements which are experiencing climatic stress due to global warming. On le basis de expertise by a team de leading scientists from national et international organizations, le 16 chapters de this book discuss le issues et priorities pour agricultural et related managements. Covering areas such as north-eastern Himalayas, semi-arid tropics, eastern et north-eastern Inde et le Indo-Gangetic Plains avec an overall global scenario de le rainfed agriculture, this book will be necessary pour both le academics et policy makers en understanding natural resources et their management pour sustainable agriculture.
Table des matières
List de Contributors; Foreword-I; Foreword-II; Preface; Section I: Natural Resources en Rainfed Ecosystem et Their Gestion : Rain-fed Agriculture, Area et Extent; Soils de North-Eastern Region et their Gestion pour Rain-fed Cultures; Soil Moisture Availability en Rain-fed Agro-ecosystems en Semi-Arid Tropics; Nutrient Deficiencies et their Gestion en Soils de le Semi-Arid Tropical Regions; Natural Soil Resources de North Western Part de le Indo-Gangetic Plains et their Gestion pour Rainfed Cultures; Rain-fed Cultures et their Gestion en le Eastern Inde; Section II: Impact de Climate Change: Impact de Climate Change en Soils de Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT); Soil Carbon Reserves et Prioritisation pour C Sequestration en Indien Soils; Impact de Climate Change sur Insects et Possible Adaptation Strategies; Region-Specific Vulnerability de Indien Marine Fisheries to Climatic Variability et Climate Change; Impacts, Vulnerability et Adaptation de Inland Fisheries to Climate Change en Inde; Climate Change et Agriculture en Asia: Un Case Study pour Methane Emission due to Rice Cultivation; Section III: Tools to Identify Climate Change en Soils et Environnement : Mineral Formation en Soils et Sediments as Signatures de Climate Change; Predicting Changes en Soil Carbon et Culture Yield Due to Climate Change; Increasing CO2 Concentration et its Probable Influence sur Rain-fed Alimentation et Oil Seed Culture Produtivity en SAT; On Modelling le Effect de Climate Change sur Soil Organic Carbon; Subject Index