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Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

Book information

Publisher
Springer Japan
Year
2013
ISBN
978-4-431-54342-8, 978-4-431-54343-5
DOI
10.1007/978-4-431-54343-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3940810 bytes)
Series
Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
Edition
1
Pages
176\184
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

This book is about climate change and its relation to agriculture and rural livelihoods. It starts by providing a basic understanding of climate change science followed by the relation of climate change to agriculture, the impact of which is discussed based on the particular impact of climate change on plant and animal physiology. The book further discusses the inclusion of the agriculture sector in various international climate change negotiations. It also reviews the cost and opportunities for agricultural projects through international climate change regimes, specifically the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol. With this background, the book finally proceeds to an explanation of the methodologies used to assess the impact of climate change on agriculture and empirically discusses its impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods in Nepal.

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