Crucible of crop diversity: forging partnership with farmer breeders and innovators for higher climate resilience

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Contents: Foreword. Preface. I. Climate change and climate variability: 1. Combating effect of climate change and climatic variability on Indian agriculture through smart weather forecasting and ICT application/N. Chattopadhyay. 2. Regional climate studies with dynamical downscaling/Sushil K. Dash. 3. Climate smart agriculture: the need of the hour for pulse production/Sulochana Gadgil. 4. Climate change and Indian agriculture: implications for food security/B. Venkateswarlu. 5. Climate change and variability and their impacts on different crops in Gujarat/Vyas Pandey, A.K. Misra and S.B. Yadav. 6. Climate resilient livestock farming/A.K. Srivastava and Sohanvir Singh. 7. Climate and climate variability: impact on fisheries in food and nutritional security/J.K. Jenu and Grinson George. 8. Climate change and its impacts on food and nutritional security in India/S. Naresh Kumar. 9. Climate change and its impact on pest control and pesticide use in ensuring food security/Padmaja R. Johnalagadda. 10. Vulnerability of farming system-understanding climate impacts at local scale encompassing envertainties/V. Geethalakshmi, A.P. Ramaraj, R. Gowtham, K. Bhuwaneswari, N. Manikandan, K. Senthilraja, K. Vinoth Kumar and S. Panneerselvam. 11. Inherent vulnerability assessment of agriculture communities in the Himalayas/P.K. Joshi. 12. Climate change and variability: mapping vulnerability of agriculture using geospatial technologies/Vinay Kumar Sehgal, Malti Rani Singh, Niveta Jain and Himanshu Pathak. 13. Satellite remote sensing for climate variability/change studies: status and scope/M.V.R. Sesha Sai and Y.V.N. Krishnamurthy. 14. Increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature threats and opportunities for rainfed agriculture/M. Vanaja, S.K. Yadav, M. Maheshwari and Ch. Srinivasarao. 15. Carbon sequestration and climate smart agriculture/Ch. Srinivasarao. 16. Genetic enhancement for drought and heat resilience in wheat/A. Harikrishna, Bellundagi, K.T. Ramya, L. Todkar, K.C. Prashant Kumar, K.V. Prabhu, Neha Rai, N. Jain, P.K. Singh, G.P. Singh, N. Sinha, N.K. Singh, P.C. Mishra, S.C. Misra and P. Chhuneja. II. Adaptations to climate change: 17. Enhancing tolerance to climatic stresses in rainfed crops: the road ahead/M. Maheswari. 18. Rice doubled haploids for aerobic planting and drought situation/Farhad Kahani and Shailaja Hittalmani. 19. Glyoxalase pathway: characterization and manipulation towards developing plant stress tolerance/Charanpreet Kaur, Sneh Lata Singla-Pareek and Sudhir K. Sopory. III. Mitigating climate change. IV. Farmers innovation for climate change. V. Capacity building for climate resilient agriculture. VI. Agricultural policy and planning. Subject index. Agriculture continues to be an important sector fuelling economic growth. Rapidly changing climate is already affecting the production of food and feed, industrial crops, livestock, and seafood. In developing countries like India, agriculture and allied sectors contribute significantly to the gross domestic product. Therefore, evolving strategies to sustain a stable growth of the farming sector is essential for feeding a growing population and poverty alleviation in the face of global climate change. It is crucial to carry out a comprehensive analysis of different aspects of climate change to effectively combat its negative impacts on food production systems and landscapes and reap its potential benefits in agricultural production. Research findings and recommendations on topics as diverse as climate change impacts, genetic enhancement of crops, options for adaptation to climate change, opportunities and challenges for sustainable food production systems have been compiled in this volume. Capacity building for climate resilient agriculture and agriculture policy and planning is equally important to face future challenges. This book makes a compelling effort to address these major issues arising from climate change from an Indian perspective