Climatic Change and Management of Weather for Sustainable Agriculture

Weather and climate are the key factors that affect the livelihood of flora and fauna on the earth. Agriculture is such an activity that is highly dependent on weather and climate for producing the food, feed and fiber necessary to sustain human life and therefore the changing climate could have a significant role for maintaining food security in ever increasing population of the world. In this context, the present book is an effort to understand the climate change science in an efficient manner in current scenario. Primarily this book embodies information on status of climate change, its environmental consequences along with its possible influences on global to regional level. Subsequently it also deals with the impact of these changes on agricultural productivity including horticulture, vegetables, forests, fisheries, livestock, etc. and to provide the appropriate methods to minimize the ill effects of climate change and to manage the weather efficiently. Besides these, the behaviour of Indian monsoon in agricultural productivity and satellites observations in relation to climate change are also described in detail. The chapters in this book have been contributed by eminent researchers and scientists engaged in basic and applied research of their specialized fields. Therefore importance of this book has been increased for the scientists, researchers, teachers, extension workers, students and farmers, methods used are innovative, appropriate and generate unique style of observing as well as analyzing both process and phenomenon of any social system. The State Agricultural University, ICAR Institute, management institutes, professionals for rural development, scholars of zoology, fishery, agricultural extension, fishery extension, home sciences, etc. can find this book of extreme application and mettle for topping up their acumen in relevant areas of studies and application.