Precision Farming: A Step Towards Sustainable, Climate-Smart Agriculture
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our times, and we are steadily marching towards a climate catastrophe. Among the various sectors which is fuelling the climate change through emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs), the contribution of agric
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al Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture
Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture
V. Venkatramanan • Shachi Shah • Ram Prasad Editors
Global Climate Change: Resilient and Smart Agriculture
Editors V. Venkatramanan School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi, Delhi, India
Shachi Shah School of Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Studies Indira Gandhi National Open University New Delhi, Delhi, India
Ram Prasad Department of Botany, School of Life Sciences Mahatma Gandhi Central University Motihari, East Champaran, Bihar, India
ISBN 978-981-32-9855-2 ISBN 978-981-32-9856-9 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9856-9
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Preface
Global climate change affects people, ecosystems, and livelihoods across the world. The global warming trend in the recent past is unprecedented. The global mean surface temperature has increased about 1 C above pre-industrial levels and it is likely to reach 1.5 C between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate. The occurrence of extreme weather events including but not limited to floods and droughts; heat and cold waves; super cyclones; and typhoons will not be uncommon in the future. Climate change-induced risks are already observed in human and natural ecosystems. Climate-sensitive agroecosystem is no exception. The complex agriculture production systems are constrained by a multitude of factors which are primarily the products of human actions. Global climate change will exacerbate the agricultural risks through their effec
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