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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
Autor principal: Maharjan, Keshav Lall
Otros Autores: Joshi, Niraj Prakash
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.
Colección:Advances in Asian human-environmental research.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Background Information on Climate Change and Agriculture; 1.1 Climate Change; 1.2 Sources of Climate Change; 1.3 Greenhouse Gas Effects; 1.4 GHGs and Global Warming; 1.5 Climate and Agriculture; References; Chapter 2: Global Scenario of Greenhouse Gas Emission; 2.1 Amount of GHGs Stored in the Earth; 2.2 Source of GHGs Emissions: Which Country Emits the Most?; 2.3 Source of GHG Emissions: Which Sector Emits the Most?; References; Chapter 3: Effects of Climate Change on Plant and Animal Physiology; 3.1 Plant Physiology; 3.2 Climate Change and Plant Physiology.
  • 3.3 Physical Factors Affecting Plant Physiology3.3.1 Soil Characteristics; 3.3.2 Pest Infestation; 3.4 Animal Physiology; References; Chapter 4: Agriculture in International Climate Change Negotiations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Background; 4.1.2 Link Between Agriculture and Climate Change; 4.1.3 International Climate Change Negotiations and Links to Agriculture; 4.2 Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience in Agriculture; 4.2.1 Adaptation; Adaptation and Food Production; 4.2.2 Mitigation; Mitigation and Food Production; 4.2.3 Resilience; Resilient Farming Needs.
  • 4.3 Cross Cutting Issues in Agriculture and Climate Change4.3.1 Cross Cutting Issues in Adaptation and Mitigation; Technologies of Agricultural Adaptation and Mitigation; Synergies and Trade-Offs of Adaptation and Mitigation; 4.3.2 Governance as Cross Cutting Issue in Climate Change; Governance in Adaptation and Mitigation; 4.3.3 Gender Dimension in Climate Change; References; Chapter 5: Cost and Opportunities from Mitigation and Adaptation in Agriculture; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Adaptation Strategies in Agriculture.
  • 5.3 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)5.3.1 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM); 5.3.2 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD); 5.4 Agriculture Related CDM; 5.4.1 Organic Farming; 5.4.2 Bio-Gas; 5.4.3 System of Rice Intensification (SRI); 5.4.4 Community Forestry; 5.5 Economics of Agriculture Related CDM; References; Chapter 6: Methodologies to Assess the Impact of Climate Change in Agriculture; 6.1 Crop Biophysical Simulations; 6.2 Ricardian Approach; 6.2.1 Derivation of Ricardian Approach.
  • 6.3 Time Series Analysis6.4 Panel Data Analysis (Just and Pope Production Function); 6.4.1 Steps to Run Just and Pope Stochastic Production Function in STATA; First Component of the Eq. (6.6); Second Component of the Eq. (6.6); Estimating the Third Stage of Just and Pope Stochastic Production Function; References; Chapter 7: Effects of Climate Change on Regional Agriculture Production, Food Price and Food Insecurity; 7.1 Impact of Climate Change on Regional Agricultural Production; 7.1.1 Climate Change Impact in African Agriculture; 7.1.2 Climate Change Impact in Latin American Agriculture.