CLIMATE RESILIENT SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IBD

Sinopse

The principal focus of this book will be how to make agriculture/food production climate resilient in the ecologically sensitive zones. The WesternáGhats, in the state of Kerala, India,á in which Wayanad district falls, has 75% of its area classified as ecologically sensitive zones and there are three types of such zones: (1)Highly ecologically sensitive zonesá (2) Middle sensitivity zones and (3) Low sensitivity zones. Most of theáconstruction has taken place in the first two categories, and, indiscriminateáand intense quarrying has also taken place in these two zones. As aerosol loadáincreases in the atmosphere, dust particles from rock quarries increases whicháleads to higher ambient temperature, leading to ocean warming in the Arabianáocean, finally, resulting in excessive cloud formation and consequent torrentialárainfall. This has led to huge landslides, where more thaná500 human livesáwereálost in addition to huge propertyáloss making it a global disaster of immense proportions. The book highlights the crucial question how agriculture in these sensitive areas can be made climate resilient.