Disaster Risk, Resilient Agriculture and Livelihood: Methods and Applications [Hardcover]

This volume discusses important issues associated with agricultural disaster risk, resilient agriculture, and livelihood. It highlights the role of sustainable development goals in reducing the impact of climate change on agriculture.

This volume discusses important issues associated with agricultural disaster risk, resilient agriculture, and livelihood. It highlights the role of sustainable development goals in reducing the impact of climate change on agriculture. The contributions found in this volume discuss methodological and innovative resilience approaches to various natural hazards including flood, landslide, environmental challenges, strategies of disaster risk management, livelihood, ecosystem services, and agricultural sustainability. It explores the relationship between climatic change and agricultural transformation. While throwing light on the role of ecosystem services in disaster risk reduction, the book explores the impact of land degradation and change on growth of agricultural production and food production. The book will be useful for students and researchers of geography, environmental sciences, disaster management, and environmental geology. It will also be useful for geographers, environmentalists, hydrologists, geomorphologists, planners, and professionals working on related ideas.

List of Figures viii List of Tables xi List of Contributors xiv Acknowledgements xvii PART I Climate Change, Vulnerability and Agricultural Transformation 1 1 Disaster Risk, Resilient Agriculture, and Livelihood: An Overview 3 RUKHSANA, ASRAFUL ALAM, AND SUMAIYA KHATUN 2 Farmers Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies against Climate Change Impact on Agriculture 17 SIVARAJ PARAMASIVAM, PARTHASARATHY SEETHAPATHY, AND G. VIVEKANATHAPATMANABAN 3 Rainfall Anomaly Index Valuation of Agricultural Production in Jakiri Sub-Division, Northwest Region, Cameroon 35 SUIVEN JOHN PAUL TUME AND SUIKA RITA NYUYFONI 4 Vull#(