Climate Change and Agriculture in India: Impact and Adaptation

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This book provides the most recent understanding about climate change and its effects on agriculture in India. Further in-depth research is showcased regarding important allied sectors such as horticulture and fisheries, and examines the effect of climate change on different cereal crops. The individual chapters discuss the different mitigation strategies for climate change impacts and detail abiotic and biotic stresses in relation to climate change. The book provides an insight into environmentally safe and modern technologies approaches such as nanotechnology and utilization of underutilized crops under a changing climate. This book provides a solid foundation for the discussion of climate resilience in agricultural systems and the requirements to keep improving agricultural production. This book is an excellent resource for researchers, instructors, students in agriculture, horticulture and environmental science. Front Matter ....Pages i-xx Future Changes in Rainfall and Temperature Under Emission Scenarios over India for Rice and Wheat Production (P. Parth Sarthi)....Pages 1-10 Impact of El-Nino and La-Nina on Indian Climate and Crop Production (Vyas Pandey, A. K. Misra, S. B. Yadav)....Pages 11-20 Simulating the Impact of Climate Change and its Variability on Agriculture (Naveen Kalra, Manoj Kumar)....Pages 21-28 Are GCMs and Crop Model Capable to Provide useful Information for Decision Making? (Lalu Das, Hanuman Prasad, Jitendra Kumar Meher, Javed Akhter, S. Sheraz Mahdi)....Pages 29-44 Mapping Agriculture Dynamics and Associated Flood Impacts in Bihar using Time-series Satellite Data (C. Jeganathan, P. Kumar)....Pages 45-55 Impact Assessment of Bio Priming Mediated Nutrient Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture (Amitava Rakshit)....Pages 57-68 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Selected Cropping Patterns in Bangladesh (M. M. Haque, J. C. Biswas, M. Maniruzzaman, A. K. Choudhury, U. A. Naher, B. Hossain et al.)....Pages 69-77 Global Climate Change and Inland Open Water Fisheries in India: Impact and Adaptations (B. K. Das, U. K. Sarkar, K. Roy)....Pages 79-95 Looking at Climate Change and its Socio-Economic and Ecological Implications through BGC (Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycle)-Lens: An ADAM (Accretion of Data and Modulation) and EVE (Environmentally Viable Engineering Estimates) Analysis (J. S. Pandey)....Pages 97-110 Adaptation and Intervention in Crops for Managing Atmospheric Stresses (N. P. Singh, S. K. Bal, N. S. More, Yogeshwar Singh, A. Gudge)....Pages 111-127 Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Fruit Production Systems and its Mitigation Strategies (Vishal Nath, Gopal Kumar, S. D. Pandey, Swapnil Pandey)....Pages 129-146 Tackling Climate Change: A Breeder’s Perspective (P. K. Singh, R. S. Singh)....Pages 147-162 Decreasing the Vulnerability to Climate Change in Less Favoured Areas of Bihar: Smart Options in Agriculture (Anshuman Kohli, Sudhanshu Singh, Sheetal Sharma, S. K. Gupta, Mainak Ghosh, Y. K. Singh et al.)....Pages 163-173 Nanotechnology in the Arena of Changing Climate (Nintu Mandal, Rajiv Rakshit, Samar Chandra Datta, Ajoy Kumar Singh)....Pages 175-190 Harnessing Under-utilized Crop Species- A Promising way towards Sustainability ( Madhumita, S. Sheraz Mahdi, Suborna Roy Coudhary, Aziz Mujtaba Aezum)....Pages 191-205 Weather Based Information on Risk Management in Agriculture (K. K. Singh, A. K. Baxla, Priyanka Singh, P. K. Singh)....Pages 207-216 Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change by Improving Agriculture in India (Rattan Lal)....Pages 217-227 Scenario of Crop Production in Temperate and Cold Arid Region with Respect to Climate Change (Latief Ahmad, S. Sheraz Mahdi, Raies A. Bhat, B. S. Dhekale)....Pages 229-237 Climate Scenario in Cold Arid Region and its Future Prediction (Latief Ahmad, S. Sheraz Mahdi, Raihana H. Kanth, Ashaq Hussain, K. A. Dar)....Pages 239-250 Impact of Climate Change on Temperate Fruit Production in Kashmir Valley, North Western Himalayan Region of India – Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward (Nazeer Ahmed, F. A. Lone, K. Hussain, Raihana H. Kanth, S. Sheraz Mahdi)....Pages 251-262