Traditional Practices and Climate Change

ISBN-13: 9783659209758 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 68 str.

Kamepalli Lenin Babu;Pattanayak Shobhan Kumar

Opis

Uncertainties of water for irrigation is systematic problem that farmers under rainfed cultivation are faced with. This books presents some of the traditional measures that evolved by farming community of irrigation tanks to cope with uncertainties of water supply. These measures vary from cropping pattern change to restriction in the size of command area. These measures to have the potential as implementable solutions for climate change as well across the larges areas as well.

O autorze

Dr. Lenin Babu, trained in environmental sciences, has worked with various stakeholders of natural resources - Central Pollution Control Board, National Law School of India University, Bangalore University and Institute for Social and Economic Change. Presently he is associated with Karnataka State Women's University, Bijapur, India.