Climatic Variability: Impacts on Agriculture and Allied Sectors

This book has been organized into five main sections: Weather and Agromet Services, Pest and Diseases, Climatic Influences on Agriculture and Horticulture, Climatic Influences on Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, and ICT Applications in Agriculture. This comprehensive guide provides detailed information on the potential effects of climate variability on various agricultural and horticultural crops, including pest and disease incidences and their corresponding remedies. The book also elucidates the impact of climate change on the animal husbandry sector, particularly in regards to summer infertility, productivity, and disease spectrum, in a clear and practical manner. Additionally, the book takes into account fisheries, both inland and marine, and discusses fish productivity and disease incidence. The book also includes a section on forecasting models with weather forecasts, with a particular focus on developing strategies for Resilient Agriculture. Furthermore, the book highlights the application of ICT in Agriculture, which serves as a comprehensive guide to the potential impacts on Agriculture and allied sectors, and suggests ways to combat weather variability.

Table of Contents:
Section A: Weather and Agromet Services 1. Impact of Climate Change: Vulnerability, Mitigation and Adaptation With Special Reference to Northeast India - U.C. Sharma and Vikas Sharma 2. Resilient Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change - M. Datta, D. Daschaudhuri and S.V. Ngachan 3. Probability Distribution Model of Weather Spells and Weather Cycles: A Case Study - Debashis Bhowmik, Banjul Bhattacharyya 4. Weather Based Agromet Advisory Services: An Improved Tool to Mitigate Climate Change Impact on Crops - Shilpa, C.N., Pavithra, B.V., Padmashri, H.S., Rajegowda, M.B and N.A. Janardhana Gowda 5. Climate Change Threatens Food Crops Across the World: An Overview - Md. Hedayetullah, C.K. Kundu, and Serajul Islam Section B: Pests and Diseases 6. Climate Change and Integrated Pest Management - M Premjit Singh 7. Effects of Weather Parameters on the Population Dynamics of Insect Pest of Rice: A Case Study - K A Pathak, Boopathi T, Santosh Kumar, Y Ramakrishna and Nitin Singh 8. Climatological Influences in Occurrence of Pest with Special Emphasis to NE India - Subrata Biswas 9. Integrated Disease/Pest Management in Plantation Crops - Amar Bahadur and Sukhen Chandra Das 10. Climate Change and Effectiveness of Pesticides in Vegetable Crops - D. Sharmah, A.K. Singh and M. Datta 11. Efficacy of Beauveria bassian (Balsamo) Vuillemin - A Potential Entomopathogen against Rice Hispa (Dicladispa armigera Olivier) - K.C. Puzari, Pranab Dutta, L.K. Hazarika , and P. Das 12. Mulberry Diseases and Pest Control Measures - T.K. Chakma, B.C. Debbarma, D. Saha and S. Chakraborty 13. Role of Fungal Pathogens as Biological Agents of Rice Pests in Changing Climatic Condition - Pranab Dutta, S. Kalita, K.C. Puzari and L.K. Hazarika Section C: Climatic Influences Over Agriculture and Horticultural Crops 14. Climate Influences on Potato Cultivation - Pulak Chaudhuri 15. Climatic Requirements for Horticultural Crops with an Approaches to Forecast of Yield & Disease-Insect Occurrence - Biswajit Das 16. Climatic Assessment for Alternate Land Use Plan of Flood Affected Areas: An Observation - Britan Rahman, Pranab Dutta and Dipak Nath 17. Biodiversity in Mushrooms - Jai Prakash Sharma 18. Absorption of Photosynthetic Active Radiation (PAR) and its Effect on Growth Processes and Yield of Wheat Under Different Dates in the Gangetic Plains of Eastern India - Rajib Nath, Mausumi Parya, D. Majumder, Sarika Jena and P.K Chakraborty 19. Stress Impact Assessment of Brassica spp Under Different Dates of Sowing and Irrigation Level - Swaraj Kumar Dutta, Rajib Nath, G. Sounda, D. Majumder and P.K. Chakraborty Section D: Climatic Influences Over Animal Husbandry and Fisheries 20. Amelioration of Summer Infertility in Livestock - B.S. Prakash 21. Poultry Disease with Respect to Climatic Variability and their Suitable Remedial Measures - R.N. Chatterjee and M.R. Reddy 22. Climate Change and Its Impact on Livestock Production Performance - Chander Datt, Ajay Kumar, Monica Puniya, S.S. Kundu and Tapan K. Das 23. Reproductive Biology of the Catfish Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch, 1794) Related to the Affects of Climate Change - Samir Malla, Pritam Goswami and S. Banik 24. Climate Change and Aquatic Resources: Issues and Challenges - Ratan K. Saha 25. Impact of Climate Change on Fish Diseases and Immune Response and Some Control Methods for Common Diseases for Mitigation - Lopamudra Sahoo, C. Debnath, J. Parhi and M. Datta 26. Prediction of Haemonchus contortus Infections in Goats in a Subtropical Hill Area: A Preliminary Study - R. Laha, M. Das and A. Goswami Section E: ICT Application in Agriculture 27. Disease Prediction Models Development and Validation - Suseelendra Desai 28. Comparative Study of Hit-ratio (Accuracy Percentage) of Rice Blast Forecasting using Various Forecasting Models Based on Different Statistical Techniques: A Case Study - R. Bhagawati, Kaushik Bhagawati, G. Bhagawati, U.D. Singh, S. Baruah and S.P. Singh 29. Useful Softwares for Climate Change Research - Roop Singh Maitry, Hemavati R., M. Datta and D. Daschaudhuri 30. Diseases Forecasting Models: Their Role in Agriculture and Climate Change - Hemavati R, Roop Singh Maitry, B.L. Meena, M. Datta and D. Daschaudhuri

About the Author :
Mrinmoy Datta, Joint Director; ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Lembucherra,799 210, India. Dhiman Daschaudhuri, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Tripura Centre, Tripura, India. S. V. Ngachan, ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam Centre, Meghalaya, India.