03422nam 2200589 a 450 991043794250332120200520144314.04-431-54343-010.1007/978-4-431-54343-5(CKB)2670000000372135(EBL)1316907(SSID)ssj0000898512(PQKBManifestationID)11460345(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000898512(PQKBWorkID)10917591(PQKB)10013614(DE-He213)978-4-431-54343-5(MiAaPQ)EBC1316907(PPN)170493695(EXLCZ)99267000000037213520130408d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrClimate change, agriculture and rural livelihoods in developing countries /Keshav Maharjan Lall, Niraj Prakash Joshi1st ed. 2013.New York Springer20131 online resource (184 p.)Advances in Asian human-environmental research,1879-7180Description based upon print version of record.4-431-54734-7 4-431-54342-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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 on plant and animal physiology. The book further discusses the inclusion of the agriculture sector in various international climate change negotiations. It also reviews the cost and opportunities for agricultural projects through international climate change regimes, specifically the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol. With this background and case studies of Nepal, the book finally proceeds to an explanation of the methodologies used to assess the impact of climate change on agriculture.Advances in Asian human-environmental research.Climatic changesDeveloping countriesAgricultureEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesClimatic changesAgricultureEconomic aspects363.73874Lall Keshav Maharjan1753365Joshi Niraj Prakash1753366MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437942503321Climate change, agriculture and rural livelihoods in developing countries4189199UNINA