Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries
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Beschreibung
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.
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, the book finally proceeds to an explanation of the methodologies used to assess the impact of climate change on agriculture and empirically discusses its impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods in Nepal.
Explains methodologies for assessing the impact of climate change on agriculture and rural livelihoods Discusses how climate change affects plant and animal physiology and thereby the agriculture sector Assesses the extent of climate change in Nepalese agriculture as well as the impact on rural livelihoods in Nepal
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Keshav Lall Maharjan
Themen in »Climate Change, Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Developing Countries«
Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Climate Change Regimes Greenhouse Gases Impacts of Climate Change Kyoto Protocol Perception of Climate Change by Rural People climate change climate change impacts landscape/regional and urban planning