Description
This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It, first, makes a quantitative assessment of how climate change affects agricultural and food production systems; second, predicts how these systems may respond to climate change; and third, suggests adaptation measures and strategies to improve the income of farmers, increase production, save water and conserve environment.The work will be greatly useful to policy-makers, researchers and teachers of agricultural economics, environmental studies and economics and development studies as also to research organizations dealing with climate modelling and resource management.
Table of Contents
List of Tables. List of Figures. List of Maps. List of Abbreviations. Foreword M. S. Swaminathan. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Socio-economic Assessment of Climate Impacts in Agriculture 2. Methodologies for Quantifying Climate Change Impacts 3. Climate Change and Impacts: Godavari River Basin 4. Climate Change and Impacts: Krishna River Basin 5. Climate Change and Impacts: Cauvery River Basin 6. Technologies, Adaptation Costs and Cost of Uncertainty Associated with Climate Change 7. Climate Change and Socio-economic Impact Assessment: A Way Forward. Notes. Appendix. Bibliography. About the Authors. Index
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