This paper discusses the key information needs to reduce the negative impacts of weather variability and climate change on land degradation and food security, and identifies the opportunities and barriers between the information and services needed. It suggests that vulnerability assessments base...
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Baethgen, Walter E.
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Cooper, Peter J.M.
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Gommes R
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Lee B
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Meinke H
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Rathore LS
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Sivakumar MVK
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[Managing climatic risks to combat land degradation and enhance food security: key information needs]
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Managing climatic risks to combat land degradation and enhance food security: key information needs
Assessment on impact of climate change on major crops in ecologically sensitive areas, viz. the Western Ghats (WG), coastal districts and northeastern (NE) states of India, using InfoCrop simulation model, projected varying impacts depending on location, climate, projected climate scenario, type ...
Naresh Kumar, Soora
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Swaroopa R
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Jain S
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Saxena R
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Chauhan N
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[Impact of climate change on crop productivity in Western Ghats, coastal and northeastern regions of India]
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Impact of climate change on crop productivity in Western Ghats, coastal and northeastern regions of India
The assessment of impact of climate change on coconut, a plantation crop, is challenging. However, the development of a simulation model (InfoCrop-COCONUT) has enabled the process. We present the first simulation analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on coconut productivity in India...
Naresh Kumar, Soora
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Climate change and coconut plantations in India: Impacts and potential adaptation gains]
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Climate change and coconut plantations in India: Impacts and potential adaptation gains
In developing countries, drought can cripple communities. Its impact is often long-lasting, especially if smallholders have to sell off farming equipment in order to survive the loss of crop income. And in the developed world, drought in a major food-producing region can push up food prices world...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Nersisyan, A
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Leigh, RA
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Dibb-Leigh, JA
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Hoefner, F
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[Nature Outlook: Agriculture and Drought. Perspectives: legislating change]
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Nature Outlook: Agriculture and Drought. Perspectives: legislating change
Increased use of irrigation and nitrogen (N) in rice and wheat would increase productivity. It would also enhance the emission of greenhouse gases from soil causing global warming and climate change. This study quantified the trade-offs between increased production with N fertilizer and irrigatio...
Bhatia, Arti
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Pathak, Himanshu
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Jain, Niveta
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[Trade-off between productivity enhancement and global warming potential of rice and wheat in India]
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Trade-off between productivity enhancement and global warming potential of rice and wheat in India
Carbon emission occurs during various stages of life cycle of food products. Greenhouse gases (GHG) emission from 24 Indian food items showed that animal food products (meat and milk) and rice cultivation mostly contributed to methane (CH4) emission, while food products from crops contributed to ...
Pathak, Himanshu
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Jain, Niveta
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Bhatia, Arti
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Patel J
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Carbon footprints of Indian food items]
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Carbon footprints of Indian food items
General circulation models (GCMs) project increases in the earth’s surface air temperatures and other climate changes by the mid or late 21st century, and therefore crops such as cotton (Gossypium spp L.) will be grown in a much different environment than today. To understand the implications of ...
Hebbar KB
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Venugopalan, M.V.
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Prakash AH
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Simulating the impacts of climate change on cotton production in India]
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Simulating the impacts of climate change on cotton production in India
A simulation analysis was carried out using the InfoCrop-rice model to quantify impacts and adaptation gains, as well as to identify vulnerable regions for irrigated and rain fed rice cultivation in future climates in India. Climates in A1b, A2, B1 and B2 emission scenarios as per a global climat...
Naresh Kumar, Soora
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Rani Saxena R
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Swaroopa Rani S
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Jain S
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Chauhan N
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[An assessment of regional vulnerability of rice to climate change in India]
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An assessment of regional vulnerability of rice to climate change in India
Creation of a large irrigation potential has been the cornerstone of India’s agricultural growth and past food security. It is estimated that the irrigation sector in the country will be affected considerably by climate change due to a projected increase in absolute rainfall, intensity of precipi...
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Palanisami K
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Khanna M
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Kakumanu KR
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[Climate change and food security of India: adaptation strategies in the irrigation sector]
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Climate change and food security of India: adaptation strategies in the irrigation sector
Soil organic carbon sequestration rates over 20 years based on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) methodology were combined with local economic data to determine the potential for soil C sequestration in wheat-based production systems on the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). The C seq...
Grace PR
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Antle, John M.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Ogle, Stephen M.
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Paustian, Keith
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Basso, Bruno
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[Soil carbon sequestration and associated economic costs for farming systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: a meta-analysis]
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Soil carbon sequestration and associated economic costs for farming systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plain: a meta-analysis