Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture
Managing Weather and Climate Risks in Agriculture

Author: Mannava VK Sivakumar

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2008-01-10

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 3540727469

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Based on an International Workshop held in New Delhi, India, this work should be of interest to all organizations and agencies interested in improved risk management in agriculture. In many parts of the world, weather and climate are one of the biggest production risks and uncertainty factors impacting on agricultural systems performance and management. Both structural and non-structural measures can be used to reduce the impacts of the variability (including extremes) of climate resources on crop production.

Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change [Volume 1]
Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change [Volume 1]

Author: Rohitashw Kumar

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2019-11-25

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1000700003

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Conservation agriculture is a sustainable production model that not only optimizes crop yields, but also reaps economic and environmental benefits as well. The adoption of successful conservation agriculture methods has resulted in energy savings, higher organic matter content and biotic activity in soil, increased crop-water availability and thus resilience to drought, improved recharge of aquifers, less erosion, and reduced impacts from the weather associated with climate change in general. Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change examines several important aspects of crop production, such as climate change, soil management, farm machinery, and different methods for sustainable conservation agriculture. It presents spatial distribution of a daily, monthly and annual precipitation concentration indices, Diffuse Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy for analyzing the organic matter in soil, and adaptation strategies for climate-related plant disease scenarios. It also discusses solar energy-based greenhouse modeling, precision farming using remote sensing and GIS, and various types of machinery used for conservation agriculture. Features: Examines the effects of climate change on agriculture and the related strategies for mitigation through practical, real-world examples Explores innovative on-farm technology options to increase system efficiency resulting in improved water usage Presents examples of precision farming using climate-resilient technologies

Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production
Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production

Author: Golam Kibria

Publisher: New India Publishing

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9789381450512

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The book 'Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Remedies' provides an overview of climate change impacts on all agricultural food producing sectors (agriculture, livestock and fisheries), food contamination, and food safety (microbial pathogens, toxic biological & toxic chemical contaminants), food security and climate change adaptation and mitigation measures to counteract or minimise or reduce the effects of climate change on agriculture, livestock and fisheries. It reviews and summarizes research results, data and information from the world including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, North America, Polar Regions and Small Island Nations. The book has been structured as textbook, reference book and extension book and written in simple and plain English with key facts and acronyms and glossary provided in each with tables and figures to benefit a wide range of readeThe key data and information provided in each are highlighted below:

CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE OVER INDIA
CLIMATE CHANGE AND AGRICULTURE OVER INDIA

Author: G.S.L.H.V. PRASADA

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2010-04-17

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 812033941X

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Global warming has led to climate change which in turn has led to frequent occurrence of floods, droughts, and cold and heat waves, affecting the productivity of food grain in a large measure. This book studies the effects of regional climate change on the agriculture sector in different states of India. The book also discusses the impact of global warming on the agriculture sector across the world and describes in particular how climate change/variability is affecting rainfall, temperature and land in various states of India. It also suggests adaptation techniques which can be evolved to neutralize the adverse effects of climate change. Besides, the text explains the need for weather risk management, agromet advisory services, weather insurance, and the principles and practices of integrated watershed management through a consortium of approaches for mitigating the adverse impact of climate change in the semi-arid tropics. This book, with contributions from experts in the field and edited by academics who are authority on the subject, should prove to be extremely useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Agriculture, planners, policy makers and administrators.

Climate Change and World Agriculture
Climate Change and World Agriculture

Author: Martin L. Parry

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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After describing the effects of climate change on agriculture, estimating the impacts on plant and animal growth and looking at the geographical limits to different types of farming, the author considers a range of possible ways to adapt agriculture and so to mitigate what could otherwise become a disaster

Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agricultural Systems
Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agricultural Systems

Author: Jurg Fuhrer

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2014-06-18

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 178064289X

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The focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods and services provided to society. These systems are either based on crop or livestock production, or on combinations of the two, with characteristics that differ between regions and between levels of management intensity. In turn, they also differ in their sensitivity to projected future changes in climate, and improvements to increase climate-resilience need to be tailored to the specific needs of each system. The book will bring together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of projected climate changes for different important types of crop and livestock systems, and a discussion of options for adaptive and mitigative management.

Agricultural Meteorology
Agricultural Meteorology

Author: John Warren Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1920

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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Agricultural Meteorology; Agricultural Climatology; Correlation; Climate and Crops; Climate and Farm Operations; Weather and Crops; The effect of weather on the yield of grains; The effects of weather on vegetables and miscellaneous crops; Weather forecasts and warnigs; Frost and the protection of crops from frost damage; Value of lightning-rods.

Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production Systems
Effects of Climate Change and Variability on Agricultural Production Systems

Author: Otto Charles Doering

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2002-07-31

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781402070280

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Effects of Climate Change and Viarability on the Agricultural Production Systems provides an integrated assessment of global climate change's impact on agriculture at the farm level, in the context of farm level adaptation decisions. Ten agricultural areas in the Upper Midwest region - the heart of the United States' corn belt - were subjected to climate change and changing climate variability scenarios through simulations of future climate using results from general circulation models. Crop growth models, calibrated to the study sites, were used to simulate yields under varying climate conditions. Farm level production and economic analyses were performed to determine what adaptation strategies might be best utilized to maintain production and profitability for producers under conditions of global climate change and changing climate variability. Similar integrated analyses from Australia and Argentina provide comparisons from different regions.