Agriculture & farming

Climate Change and Plantations in The Humid Tropics

by GSHLV Prasada Rao & C.S.Gopakumar

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Weather and climate play an important role in plantation crops production. While climate determines the adaptability of a particular crop in a region, weather determines the yield attributes of the crop. The global warming and climate change impacts on plantation crops are evident in the form of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, cold and heat waves and strong cyclonic winds, the frequency of which is likely to be more and more in the ensuing decades as noticed year after year around the globe in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015. It is now a topic of concern and the plantations economy is in a threat in the ensuing decades due to climate variability. Decline in monsoon rainfall with number of rainy days, increasing ambient air temperatures (both day maximum and night minimum), decline in groundwater table, decline in wetland area and surface water resources, increasing number of forest fires and decline in forest area, increasing events of landslides during both the monsoon seasons, indiscriminate sand mining from river beds and unscientific land filling are the important climate change related issues in the Humid Tropics.

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Author Biography

GSLHV Prasada Rao: Consultant Professor, Centre for Animal Adaptation to Environment and Climate Change Studies, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Mannuthy - 680 651, Thrissur, Kerala, India, Formerly Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural Meteorology, Associate Dean, College of Horticulture, Director (Acad & PG Studies), Comptroller and Finance Co-ordinator, Associate Director (Meteorology & Disaster Management) and Special Officer, Academy of Climate Change Education and Research, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, KAU (P.O.) Thrissur – 680656, Kerala, India C.S. Gopakumar: Kerala Agricultural University, Vellanikkara, Thrissur – 680656, Kerala, India

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher NIPA
  • Publication Date May 2016
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789385516368
  • Publication Country or regionIndia
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 234.59 USD
  • Pages492
  • ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleEnglish
  • Original Language AuthorsEnglish
  • Edition1st
  • Copyright Year2016
  • Dimensions6 X 9 inches

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