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Climate change is a slow and gradual process that has taken millions of years to shape our planet into a habitable environment. It is not limited to any particular region or continent, as evidenced by the recent droughts in Texas and flooding along the Missouri River in the United States and the Red River in Canada. Climate change poses multiple challenges and interacts with various non-climatic stressors, making it difficult to predict its consequences in a general sense. However, it is evident that agriculture is under threat.
Agroforestry can help mitigate the impact of climate change by increasing biodiversity in agricultural lands, which supports a range of ecological and production services that enhance resilience. However, managing climate change risks in annual cropping systems is challenging due to the increasing uncertainty of rainfall and temperature. By incorporating woody trees into crops, forage, and livestock operations, agroforestry can provide greater resilience to inter-annual variability through crop diversification and improved resource use efficiency.
Deep-rooted trees allow better access to water and nutrients during droughts and can extract resources from different pools that would otherwise be lost. Agroforestry can also improve water infiltration, reduce runoff, and increase soil cover, which are essential for managing moisture stress in low rainfall areas. In periods of excessive moisture, tree-based systems can keep soils aerated by pumping out excess water, which helps prevent soil erosion and offers economic benefits.
The book contains 36 chapters that focus primarily on agroforestry practices in India and their role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. Rainfall Variability across India
3. Climate Change and Food Security
4. Climate Change: Extreme Events, Causes and Effects on Agriculture and Farmers Economy
5. Climate Risk Management in smallholder farming systems in the Semiarid Tropics
6. Climate Change and Agriculture: Experiences in Kerala
7. Practicing Smart Agriculture in Tamil Nadu
8. Climate Resilient Agriculture in Karnataka
9. Climate Change and Agriculture: Experiences in North Karnataka
10. Climate Change and Agriculture in Andhra Pradesh
11. Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Strategies for Maharashtra
12. Climate Change and Rice Cultivation over Konkan Region of Maharashtra: A case study
13. Climate Resilient Agriculture in Chhattisgarh
14. Climate and Agriculture in Gujarat: Retrospective and Prospective View
15. Haryana Towards Climate Resilient Agriculture
16. Climate Resilient Agriculture Punjab Scenario
17. Climate Change Impacts in Agriculture over Jammu and Kashmir
18. Climate Change and Agriculture Scenario in Temperate and Cold Arid Region
19. Climate Resilient Agriculture in Himachal Pradesh
20. Climate Change and Bihar Agriculture: Assessment, Projection and Risk Management
21. Climate Resilient Agriculture in Jharkhand
22. Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in North Eastern Region
23. Rice Genotypes through Modeling under Projected Climate Change in Eastern India
24. Climate Change Impacts on Soil Microflora and Fauna
25. Importance of Monitoring Weather Parameters in Crop Insurance Schemes
26. Strategies for Improved Agro-advisory Services to Farmers
27. Agrometeorological Products in Agroadvisory Services
28. Geospatial Technologies for Impact Assessment of Extreme Weather Events on Agriculture
29. Role of Satellites in Climate Change Monitoring
30. NABARD's Initiatives and Interventions in Climate Change
31. Climate change and Sorghum Productivity in India
32. Impacts of Climate change on Indian Wheat Production
