Nagothu Climate Change and Agricultural Development

Improving Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture, Agroecology and Conservation
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-41368-4
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 338 Seiten

Reihe: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security. Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and mitigation. One approach to agriculture has recently been captured by the widely adopted term of "Climate Smart Agriculture" (CSA). This book not only explains what this entails, but also presents practical on-the-ground studies of practices and innovations in agriculture across a broader spectrum, including agroecology and conservation agriculture, in less developed countries.

It is shown that CSA is not a completely new science and a number of its recommended technologies have been used for some time by local farmers all over the world. What is relevant and new is ‘the approach’ to exploit their adaptation and mitigation potential. However, a major limitation is the lack of evidence-based knowledge that is necessary for policy makers to prepare strategies for adaptation and mitigation. This book assembles knowledge of CSA, agroecology and conservation agriculture, and perspectives from different regions of the world, to build resilient food systems.

The first part analyzes the concept, opportunities and challenges, and provides a global perspective, drawing particularly on studies from Africa and Asia. The second part of the book showcases results from various studies linked to soil, water and crop management measures from an ongoing program in India as well as experiences from other regions. The third section assesses the needs for an enabling policy environment, mainstreaming gender and sime final recommendations for up-scaling and/or out-scaling innovations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagothu, Udaya Sekhar

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Nachhaltige Landwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Climate Smart Agriculture: Is This the New Paradigm of Agricultural Development?

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Solveig Kolberg and Clare Maeve Stirling

2. Climate Extremes, Climate Variability and Climate Smart Agriculture

Molly E. Brown

3. Building Climate Resilience through Smart Water and Irrigation Management Systems: Experience from Southeast Asia

Matthew McCartney, Robyn Johnston and Guillaume Lacombe

4. Building Resilience to Climate Change through Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems in China

Mei Xurong, Dong Hongmin, Li Yue, Nicholas Clarke, Gong Daozhi, Hao Weiping, Li Yingchun, Liu Buchun, Ma Xin and Xiong Wei

5. Climate Change and Variability: Relevance of Agro-ecological-based Climate Smart Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sita Ghimire, Monday Ahonsi and Appolinaire Djikeng

6. Building Resilience in African Smallholder Farming Communities through Farmer-led Agro-ecological Methods

Rachel Bezner Kerr, Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong, Esther Lupafya, Laifolo Dakishoni, Lizzie. Shumba and Isaac Luginaah

7. Precision Nutrient Management under Conservation Agriculture-Based Cereal Systems in South Asia

Tek B. Sapkota, Kaushik Majumdar, Ritika Khurana, Raj K. Jat, Clare M. Stirling and M.L. Jat

8. Integrated Soil and Nutrient Management Practices: Adaptation and Mitigation to Climate Change Impacts

Mehreteab Tesfai, Irene Moed, Inga Greipsland, Thorsten Huber and Niek van Duivenbooden

9. Water Productivity under Different Rice Growing Practices: Results from Farmer-led Field Demonstrations in India

Johannes Deelstra, Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Suresh Reddy Kallam, Nagothu Udaya Sekhar

Geetha Lakshmi, V., Lakshmanan, A. and Arasu, M.S.

10. Cropping Systems: Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation in Rice

Krishna Reddy Kakumanu, Mehreteab Tesfai, Andrew Borrell, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Suresh Reddy Kallam and Gurava Reddy Kotapati

11. System of Rice Intensification: A Climate-smart Rice Cultivation System to Mitigate Climate Change Impacts in India

Geethalakshmi V., Mehreteab Tesfai, Lakshmanan A., Andrew Borrell, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Arasu, M.S., Senthilraja K., Manikandan N., Sumathi, S.

12. Gendered Adaptation to Climate Change in Canal-irrigated Agro-ecosystems

Rengalakshmi Raj and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

13. Climate Mitigation and Adaptation: Institutional and Policy Support in India

Solveig Kolberg and Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

14. Summary and Recommendations

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

Über Autor(innen)

Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is a Professor and Director (International Projects) at NIBIO (Norsk institutt for biookonomi /Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), As, Norway. He is the editor of Food Security and Development: Country Case Studies (Routledge, 2015).