Social and economic impacts of climate

TA Carleton, SM Hsiang - Science, 2016 - science.org
BACKGROUND For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic
conditions influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and Indian agriculture: A systematic review of farmers' perception, adaptation, and transformation

P Datta, B Behera - Environmental Challenges, 2022 - Elsevier
Climate change is adversely affecting the Indian agricultural sector. Farmers' perceptions of
and adaptation to the rapidly changing climatic conditions are considered crucial policy …

Climate change and agriculture in South Asia: Adaptation options in smallholder production systems

JP Aryal, TB Sapkota, R Khurana… - Environment …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Agriculture in South Asia is vulnerable to climate change. Therefore, adaptation
measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, to reduce vulnerability, and to …

Crop-damaging temperatures increase suicide rates in India

TA Carleton - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
More than three quarters of the world's suicides occur in develo** countries, yet little is
known about the drivers of suicidal behavior in poor populations. I study India, where one …

Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta‐analysis

LA Biederman, WS Harpole - GCB bioenergy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Biochar is a carbon‐rich coproduct resulting from pyrolyzing biomass. When applied to the
soil it resists decomposition, effectively sequestering the applied carbon and mitigating …

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge and passive adaptation to climate change: An example from Indian farmers

A Tripathi, AK Mishra - Climate Risk Management, 2017 - Elsevier
This study is an attempt to use group information collected on climate change from farmers
in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India to address a key question related to climate change policy …

The role of irrigation in changing wheat yields and heat sensitivity in India

E Zaveri, D B. Lobell - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Irrigation has been pivotal in wheat's rise as a major crop in India and is likely to be
increasingly important as an adaptation response to climate change. Here we use historical …

Comparing estimates of climate change impacts from process-based and statistical crop models

DB Lobell, S Asseng - Environmental Research Letters, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The potential impacts of climate change on crop productivity are of widespread interest to
those concerned with addressing climate change and improving global food security. Two …

Vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change: The development of a pan-tropical Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment to inform sub-national decision …

L Parker, C Bourgoin, A Martinez-Valle, P Läderach - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
As climate change continues to exert increasing pressure upon the livelihoods and
agricultural sector of many develo** and developed nations, a need exists to understand …

Changing risks of simultaneous global breadbasket failure

F Gaupp, J Hall, S Hochrainer-Stigler… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
The risk of extreme climatic conditions leading to unusually low global agricultural
production is exacerbated if more than one global 'breadbasket'is exposed at the same time …