Despite the current technological advancement, agriculture is still a vital source of livelihood. It is essentially dependent on weather and climate, and adversely affected by extreme events in this respect. Over the past few decades, extreme events such as droughts, floods, storms, tropical cyclones and forest fires have destroyed economic and social infrastructure and at the same time endangered food security. The agricultural sector is affected throuDespite the current technological advancement, agriculture is still a vital source of livelihood. It is essentially dependent on weather and climate, and adversely affected by extreme events in this respect. Over the past few decades, extreme events such as droughts, floods, storms, tropical cyclones and forest fires have destroyed economic and social infrastructure and at the same time endangered food security. The agricultural sector is affected through the impact on water resources, damage to crops, rangelands and forests, as a consequence of droughts, locust plagues and land fires. As part of the current tendency of preparedness to cope with risks and uncertainties associated with climate extremes, it is important to develop suitable and sustainable strategies to alleviate the impact of natural disasters on crop productivity. While natural hazards may not be avoided, the integration of risk assessment and early warnings, with prevention and mitigation measures, can prevent them from becoming disasters.
This volume deals with a broad variety of extreme events that affect agriculture and presents effective risk management strategies. It explains a broad range of events and their effects and presents techniques and strategies to cope with disasters such as drought, volcanic eruption, pests, etc. and minimize their impact on agricultural production. It also deals with the need to develop local agrometeorological adaptation strategies to reduce the effect of natural disasters in regions where food and fibre production is most sensitive to climate fluctuations. Providing sets of current data from the latest developments in agricultural meteorology, it addresses and audience of agrometeorologists, agricultural planners, meteorologists, disaster specialists, forest fire experts and various other professionals involved with risk management in agriculture, water and food production resources. gh the impact on water resources, damage to crops, rangelands and forests, as a consequence of droughts, locust plagues and land fires. As part of the current tendency of preparedness to cope with risks and uncertainties associated with climate extremes, it is important to develop suitable and sustainable strategies to alleviate the impact of natural disasters on crop productivity. While natural hazards may not be avoided, the integration of risk assessment and early warnings, with prevention and mitigation measures, can prevent them from becoming disasters.
This volume deals with a broad variety of extreme events that affect agriculture and presents effective risk management strategies. It explains a broad range of events and their effects and presents techniques and strategies to cope with disasters such as drought, volcanic eruption, pests, etc. and minimize their impact on agricultural production. It also deals with the need to develop local agrometeorological adaptation strategies to reduce the effect of natural disasters in regions where food and fibre production is most sensitive to climate fluctuations. Providing sets of current data from the latest developments in agricultural meteorology, it addresses and audience of agrometeorologists, agricultural planners, meteorologists, disaster specialists, forest fire experts and various other professionals involved with risk management in agriculture, water and food production resources.
By:
H.P. Das
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 242mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 748g
ISBN: 9780415621120
ISBN 10: 0415621127
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 28 April 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. An overview of the extreme events in relation to agrometeorology 2. Drought and desertification 3. Heavy rains, floods, hails and snow and their impact on agriculture 4. Tropical cyclones, storm urges, thunderstorms, tornadoes and squalls 5. Agrometeorology related to extreme temperature including heat waves and frost 6. Wind storms and sand storms and their effects on plants 7. Weather related forest fire 8. Pest and diseases of crop and livestock 9. Environmental aspects of earthquake and volcanic eruptions 10. Agricultural chemicals in relation to soil, water and air pollution 11. Irrigation scheduling 12. Extreme climate events in relation to climate change
Dr. Haripada Das, former Deputy Director General of Meteorology of the India Meteorological Department was in-charge of the Division of Agricultural Meteorology, Pune and in that capacit, has been executing the operational and research projects of the Division. He has actively participated in many Agricultural Meteorology Programmes of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as a member/chairman/leader of several Working Groups and Expert Teams of the WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology. With over 35 years of experience in agrometeorological research and applications and teaching in various aspects of Agricultural Meteorology, Dr. Das has authored over 175 research papers and articles, as well as several other technical publications including WMO Techinical Notes and Training materials. He is a recipient of the award of the WMO Commission for Agricultural Meteorology for his outstanding contributions and exceptional service to the commission.
