Exploring the Impacts of Climate Variability on Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Villages of THAR

Phansalkar, Aditi

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The biggest threat that human kind is facing today, is of the changing climate and its relative impacts. Sufficient evidences from a variety of different studies indicate that, changes of climate would have an important effect on agriculture and livestock.

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I would like to extend my gratitude to Dr Minal Pathak, Professor, Faculty of climate change and sustainable development, CEPT University, Ahmadabad, for her excellent insights, without which this paper would have not been possible. I would also like to thank Mr Binoy Acharya, Director Unnati Organisation, for development education for giving us this wonderful opportunity to explore this area of Rajasthan and issues of climate change and for his excellent guidance. Special mention for Swapni mam for her consistent inputs and, last but not the least, Dr Shrawan Kumar Acharya, Dean, Faculty of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, CEPT University, Ahmadabad, for always encouraging and motivating us to give our best.

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M. Tech in Climate change and Sustainable Development, Centre for Environment and Planning (CEPT University), Ahmedabad, India
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, Centre for Ecological Economics and, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr. VKRV Rao Road, Bangalore, 560072, India
Sunil Nautiyal
, Department of Botany, University of Delhi, University Road, Delhi, 110007, India
K.S. Rao
Landscape Research, Institute of Socioeconomics, Leibniz Centre for Agricultural, Eberswalder Str 84, Müncheberg, 15374, Germany
Harald Kaechele
, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natu, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Dr. VKRV Rao Road, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore, 560072, India
K.V. Raju
, Centre for Environmental System Research, University of Kassel, Wilhelmshöher Allee 47, Kassel, 34119, Germany
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Phansalkar, A. (2013). Exploring the Impacts of Climate Variability on Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Villages of THAR. In: Nautiyal, S., Rao, K., Kaechele, H., Raju, K., Schaldach, R. (eds) Knowledge Systems of Societies for Adaptation and Mitigation of Impacts of Climate Change. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_17

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_17
Published: 10 July 2013
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