Climate Change and Agriculture: Emerging Scenarios and Adaptation Strategies

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Climate change is looming large on the globe and has become a major issue of our concern. This situation of the global environment poses threat at several fronts. Agriculture which is closely linked with weather cycle is one of such fronts. All agricultural operations are designed in tune with climate pattern. Even a slight fluctuation in any critical environmental factor such as temperature may cause irreversible damage to agricultural performance. The present book underlines such concerns about current status our environment and agriculture. Edited by prominent scholars of the first and the largest agricultural university of India the book collates the perspective and research based articles portraying agriculture scenarios under the spell of on going climate change and offering adaptation strategies to overcome current and perceived problems. Containing 20 chapters the book discusses impact of the changing climate on agriculture and of agriculture on environment climate change influence on productivity of crops effect of high diurnal temperature on pollen and spikelet sterility climate change effects on forests and forestry and livestock livestock’s contribution to global warming etc. The book also attempts to underline various strategies for reducing agricultures vulnerability to climate change and for adaptation to on going climate change. The book will be useful for agriculturists climate change specialists environmentalists policy makers and research scholars engaged in research on climate agriculture related issues.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR B S Bisht

Dr. B.S. Bisht (1st May, 1956) did his M.A. (Sociology) in 1977 from the univeristy of Mumaun. At first he joined as lecturer in the Department of Sociology, Kumaun University, Nainital on 14th April, 1978. Since then Dr. Bisht is actively engaged in the studies of the Tribes and Backward Communities of the Himalayan region of Uttarakhand. Dr. Bisht specialized in the study of Tribes and Backward Communities. Other than the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Letters he has completed two major research projects sponsored by ICSSR, New Delhi, and one minor research project sponsored by UGC, New Delhi, on the tribes and backward communities of Himalayan region of Uttarakhand in U.P., So far Dr. Bisht has studied all the five Scheduled Tribe Communities and two Backward Communities of Uttarakhand region. Dr.Bisht has organized three National Seminars and one conference on the different aspects of the tribes and backward communites. Publications of Dr. Bisht in the filed of Tribes and Backward Communities includes Uttarakhand ki Bhotiya Janjati; Raji: A tribe of Indo-Nepal Border of Uttarakhand; Tribes of India, Nepal, Tibet Borderland and Uttaranchal: Gramin Samudaya; Picharhi jati avam janjatiya Paridrashya. Dr. Bisht has contributed more than fifty research papers in the different reserach journals, edited volumes and News papers. He has also presented about twenty research papers in National/International Seminars/ Conferences. At present Dr. Bisth is Reader in Post Graduate Department of Sociology, Govt. M.B.P.C. College, Haldwani Nainital, (U.P.)