Climate Change and Agricultural Water Management in Developing Countries

by Aditya Sood (Contribution by), Chu Hoanh (Editor), Kuppannan Palanisami (Contribution by), Vladimir Smakhtin (Editor), Mannapova Dilafruz (Contribution by)

Overview

The book provides an analysis of impacts of climate change on water for agriculture, and the adaptation strategies in water management to deal with these impacts. Chapters include an assessment at global level, with details on impacts in various countries. Adaptation measures including groundwater management, water storage, small and large scale irrigation to support agriculture and aquaculture are presented. Agricultural implications of sea level rise, as a subsequent impact of climate change, are also examined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780647531
Publisher:	CAB International North America
Publication date:	12/15/2015
Series:	CABI Climate Change Series , #14
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Chu Thai Hoanh is a Principle Researcher on Water Resources at the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences from the International Institute for Aerospace and Earth Sciences (ITC) and Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He has over 30 years of experience in research and management with varied subjects in water resources and agriculture planning, including hydraulic and water quality modelling, crop modelling, land use optimization, and assessment of climate change impacts in many countries as India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Particularly he contributed to several studies in the deltas, including land use policies, tradeoffs between rice and shrimp production systems, and water management in the Mekong and Ganges Deltas. He is author, co-author or editor of over 30 refereed journal articles, book chapters or books, and over 100 technical reports and papers in conference proceedings.