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The volume consists of papers presented at a conference that aimed at exploring the impact of climate change on agriculture and food security. Pointing out that the developing countries, particularly India, are vulnerable to climate variability and climate change as their farming depends largely on the rainy season, the papers view the effects of climate change on food production as well as economic activity, human and animal health, water resources and ...
Climate change is increasingly recognized as the greatest global threat facing humanity. For the majority of the world’s population, the persistent problems of food insecurity, rural poverty, and the struggle to develop and sustain new sources of economic growth must now be considered against a backdrop of uncertainty and change in historical climatic patterns. Separately and together, governments, and international organizations need to respond to the ...
Volume Title: Section 1. Natural resources management; Section 2. Biodiversity and ecosystems; Section 3. Traditional farming and its management; Section 4. Conservation and sustainable development.
The rich biological diversity in the hotspot region of the Indian Eastern Himalaya has been degraded due to various human activities (e.g. shifting agriculture, commercial logging) and also due to frequent landslides in the hills and floods in the valleys. In this region, most forested lands are owned by indigenous people, but lack authentic policies for land use and landholding. The resource management patterns vary among the tribal groups and have a tremendous ...