About the Book

This book provides the most recent understanding about climate change and its effects on agriculture in India. Further in-depth research is showcased regarding important allied sectors such as horticulture and fisheries, and examines the effect of climate change on different cereal crops. The individual chapters discuss the different mitigation strategies for climate change impacts and detail abiotic and biotic stresses in relation to climate change. The book provides an insight into environmentally safe and modern technologies approaches such as nanotechnology and utilization of underutilized crops under a changing climate. This book provides a solid foundation for the discussion of climate resilience in agricultural systems and the requirements to keep improving agricultural production.

This book is an excellent resource for researchers, instructors, students in agriculture, horticulture and environmental science.

Contents

1        Future Changes in Rainfall and  Temperature Under Emission Scenarios over India for Rice and Wheat Production by P. Parth Sarthi

2        Impact of El-Nino and La-Nina on Indian Climate and  Crop Production by Vyas Pandey, A. K. Misra, and S. B. Yadav

3        Simulating the Impact of Climate Change and its Variability on Agriculture by Naveen Kalra and Manoj Kumar

4       Are GCMs and Crop Model Capable to Provide useful Information for Decision Making? by Lalu Das, Hanuman Prasad, Jitendra Kumar Meher, Javed Akhter, and S. Sheraz Mahdi 

5        Mapping Agriculture Dynamics and Associated Flood Impacts in Bihar using Time-series Satellite Data by C. Jeganathan and P. Kumar

6       Impact Assessment of Bio Priming Mediated Nutrient Use Efficiency for Climate Resilient Agriculture by Amitava Rakshit

7        Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Selected Cropping Patterns in Bangladesh by M. M. Haque, J. C. Biswas, M. Maniruzzaman, A. K. Choudhury, U. A. Naher, B. Hossain, S. Akhter, F. Ahmed, and N. Kalra xii

8       Global Climate Change and Inland Open Water Fisheries in India: Impact and Adaptations by B. K. Das, U. K. Sarkar, and K. Roy

9       Looking at Climate Change and its Socio-Economic and Ecological Implications through BGC (Bio-Geo-Chemical Cycle)-Lens: An ADAM (Accretion of Data and Modulation) and EVE (Environmentally Viable Engineering Estimates) Analysis by J. S. Pandey

10     Adaptation and Intervention in Crops for Managing Atmospheric Stresses by N. P. Singh, S. K. Bal, N. S. More, Yogeshwar Singh, and A. Gudge

11       Impact of Climate Change on Tropical Fruit Production Systems and its Mitigation Strategies by Vishal Nath, Gopal Kumar, S. D. Pandey, and Swapnil Pandey

12      Tackling Climate Change: A Breeder’s Perspective by P. K. Singh and R. S. Singh

13      Decreasing the Vulnerability to Climate Change in Less Favoured Areas of Bihar: Smart Options in Agriculture by Anshuman Kohli, Sudhanshu Singh, Sheetal Sharma, S. K. Gupta, Mainak Ghosh, Y. K. Singh, B. K. Vimal, Vinay Kumar, and Sanjay Kumar Mandal

14      Nanotechnology in the Arena of Changing Climate by Nintu Mandal, Rajiv Rakshit, Samar Chandra Datta, and Ajoy Kumar Singh

15      Harnessing Under-utilized Crop Species- A Promising way towards Sustainability by Madhumita, S. Sheraz Mahdi, Suborna Roy Coudhary, and Aziz Mujtaba Aezum

16      Weather Based Information on Risk Management in  Agriculture by K. K. Singh, A. K. Baxla, Priyanka Singh, and P. K. Singh

17      Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change by Improving Agriculture in India by Rattan Lal

18      Scenario of Crop Production in Temperate and Cold Arid Region with Respect to Climate Change by Latief Ahmad, Sabah Parvaze, S. Sheraz Mahdi, R. H. Kanth, and B. S. Dhekale

19      Climate Scenario in Cold Arid Region and its Future Prediction by Latief Ahmad, Sabah Parvaze, S. Sheraz Mahdi, and R. H. Kanth

20     Impact of Climate Change on Temperate Fruit Production in Kashmir Valley, North Western Himalayan Region of India – Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward by Nazeer Ahmed, F. A. Lone, K. Hussain, Raihana H. Kanth, and S. Sheraz Mahdi

About the Author / Editor

S. Sheraz Mahdi is currently working as an Assistant Professor-cum-Jr. Scientist (Agronomy) at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K), Shalimar, Srinagar, Kashmir (J&K), India with specialization in crop-climate modeling, climate change and cereal crops production. Before this, he has served the Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar in the capacity of Assistant Professor, Agronomy for five years (2013-2017) and has been a member of natural resource management research advisory group of the University and state committee on climate change studies. He has worked on climatology of extreme weather events and their impact on rice-wheat cropping system in Bihar. Dr. Mahdi has also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Srinagar, Kashmir. He took his PhD (Agronomy) degree from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) and is the recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, Government of India. Dr. Mahdi has been also an independent researcher in the cold arid region of Kargil Ladkh (Jammu and Kashmir), India, and has guided 06 post-graduate and 05 under graduate students.  He has published more than 45 research papers, 12 books and some popular articles, covering some aspects of advanced agronomy in particular.