Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems

dc.creatorAryal, J.P.
dc.creatorSapkota, T.B.
dc.creatorKhurana, R.
dc.creatorKhatri-Chhetri, A.
dc.creatorRahut, D.B.
dc.creatorJat, M.L.
dc.date2019-12-18T16:04:19Z
dc.date2019-12-18T16:04:19Z
dc.date2020
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-17T20:05:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-17T20:05:17Z
dc.identifier1387-585X
dc.identifier1573-2975 (Online)
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/20583
dc.identifier10.1007/s10668-019-00414-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7512386
dc.descriptionAgriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to enhance the resilience of the agricultural system to climate change. There are many adaptation practices in the production systems that have been proposed and tested for minimizing the efects of climate change. Some socioeconomic and political setup contributes to adaptation, while others may inhibit it. This paper presents a systematic review of the impacts of climate change on crop production and also the major options in the agricultural sector that are available for adaptation to climate change. One of the key conclusions is that agricultural practices that help climate change adaptation in agriculture are available, while the institutional setup to implement and disseminate those technical solutions is yet to be strengthened. Thus, it is important to examine how to bring the required institutional change, generate fund to invest on these changes, and design dynamic policies for long-term climate change adaptation in agriculture rather than a mere focus on agricultural technology. This is one of the areas where South Asian climate policies require reconsidering to avoid possible maladaptation in the long run.
dc.description5045-5075
dc.formatPDF
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer
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dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.source6
dc.source22
dc.sourceEnvironment, Development and Sustainability
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.titleClimate change and agriculture in South Asia: adaptation options in smallholder production systems
dc.typeArticle
dc.typePublished Version
dc.coverageSOUTH ASIA
dc.coverageNetherlands


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