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Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries

This book is about climate change and its relation to agriculture and rural livelihoods. It starts by providing a basic understanding of climate change science followed by the relation of climate change to agriculture, the impact of which is discussed based on the particular impact of climate change...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Maharjan, Keshav Lall (Autor), Joshi, Niraj Prakash (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background information on climate change and agriculture
  • Global scenario of greenhouse gas emission
  • Effects of climate change on plant and animal physiology
  • Agriculture in international climate change negotiations
  • Cost and opportunities from mitigation and adaptation in agriculture
  • Methodologies to assess the impact of climate change in agriculture
  • Effects of climate change on regional agriculture production, food price and food insecurity
  • Climate change in Nepalese context: Impacts, mitigation issues, and relation with poverty
  • Effect of climate variables on yield of major food-crops in Nepal: A time-series analysis
  • Community perceptions of climate change and its impacts.