Climate Change and Agriculture in India: Studies from Selected River Basins

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.

• | Author: K. Palanisami, C. R. Ranganathan, Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
• | Publisher: Routledge India
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Business & Economics
• | ISBN-10: 1138660205
• | ISBN-13: 9781138660205