Pradyot Ranjan Jena, Shunsuke Managi, Ritanjali Majhi

Natural Capital and Climate Smart Agriculture (eBook, ePUB)

Measuring Progress towards Sustainability and Policy Making in India

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Produktbeschreibung

India is the fastest growing and world's third largest economy in terms of GDP in PPP terms. Sustainable development of India will ensure the welfare of the inhabitants of this most populated country. This book assesses trends of natural capital and areas of improvement through climate resilient agricultural adaptation in India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040303085
• Artikelnr.: 72536759

Autorenporträt

Pradyot Ranjan Jena is a Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.

Shunsuke Managi is a Distinguished Professor of Technology and Policy and Director of the Urban Institute at Kyushu University, Japan.

Ritanjali Majhi is a Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.

Inhaltsangabe

About the authors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 -- Natural Capital in India: An Overview of Trends and Status of
Natural Capital Stock
1.1. Natural Capital: A Brief History
1.2. Natural Capital: Indian Context
1.3. Agricultural Land Holdings
1.4. Forest And Fisheries
1.5. Renewable Energy
1.6. Coal And Minerals
1.7. Natural Capital: Issues Of Sustainability
CHAPTER 2 -- Measurement of Economic Damages of Climate Change Without
Suitable Adaptation Strategies
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Implications of Climate Change Vulnerability to Agriculture
2.3. Climate Change in Developing Countries: Indian Context
2.4. Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector: A Case Study
2.5. Methodological Issues
2.6. Impact of Climate Change on Net Revenue
2.7. Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields
2.8. Mapping Districts in the Scale of Climate Change Vulnerability
2.9. Adaptation Measures Essential to Deal with Climate Change
CHAPTER 3 -- An Overview of Government Policies and Strategies on Climate
Smart Agriculture in India
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Adaptation vs Adoption
3.3. Climate Smart Agriculture in India
3.4. The Empirical Literature on the Adoption of CSA Practices and its
Determinants
3.5. Access to Extension Services
3.6. Socioeconomic Characteristics
3.7. Experience/Perception of Climate Change
3.8. Attitude and Behaviour towards Risk
3.9. Farm Characteristics
CHAPTER 4--Incentives and barriers in adoption of climate-smart
agriculture: Role of government and non-government organization to scale up
CSA
4.1. Socio-economic Vulnerability and Climate Smart Agriculture
4.2. Materials and Methods
4.3. Description of the Variable
4.4. Results and Discussion
4.5. The Broader Context
CHAPTER 5 -- Role of Gender in Adopting Climate Smart Agriculture Practices
5.1. Women at the Forefront of Climate Effect
5.2. Evidence on Effects of Climate Change on Gender
5.3. Methodology
5.4. Livelihood and Food Security Issues
5.5. Exposure to Climate Hazards and Impact on the Livelihood
CHAPTER 6 -- The Impact of CSA Technology Adoption on Natural Capital
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Natural Capital and Its Interaction with Agriculture and Climate
Change
6.3. Integration of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Natural Capital
6.4 Some effective CSA techniques and their impact
6.5. Case Studies: Implementation of CSA and Its Benefits
6.6. Climate Finance for Conserving Natural Capital in India
6.7. National Policy and Programs for CSA and Natural Capital Conservation
6.8. Policy and Institutional Barriers to CSA and Natural Capital
Conservation
6.9. Conclusion
CHAPTER 7 - Impact of CSA Practices on Household Income and Agricultural
Yield
7.1 Introduction
7.2.
7.3 Results and Discussion
7.5 Conclusion and Policy Implication
CHAPTER 8 -- Forest Ecosystems in India and Linkage to Agricultural
Sustainability
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Complementarity Between Forest Ecosystem and Sustainable Agriculture:
The Linkages
8.3 Preservation of the Indian Forest Ecosystem: Assessing Conservation
Efforts
8.4 The Legislation on Forest Conservation and Forest Ecosystem
8.5. Conclusion