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

• Published in: Environment, development and sustainability Vol. 22; no. 6; pp. 5045 - 5075
• Main Authors: Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Sapkota, Tek B., Khurana, Ritika, Khatri-Chhetri, Arun, Rahut, Dil Bahadur, Jat, M. L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adaptation; Agricultural industry; Agricultural practices; Agricultural production; agricultural productivity; Agricultural technology; Agriculture; Climate adaptation; Climate change; Climate effects; Climate policy; Crop production; design; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Economic Geology; Economic Growth; Environment; Environmental Economics; Environmental impact; Environmental Management; Environmental policy; Farming systems; Institutional change; Policy making; politics; Process engineering; production technology; Productivity; Resilience; Socioeconomic factors; solutions; South Asia; Sustainable Development; Systematic review; Technology; Vulnerability; South Asia; Climate change; Q54; Q18; Adaptation; South Asia

Agriculture 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 syst...