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Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

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Title Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia
 
Creator Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
Rahut, Dil Bahadur
Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
Khurana, Ritika
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
 
Subject agriculture
climate change
food security
climate change mitigation
 
Description Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climate change through the emission of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Hence, adaptation-led mitigation measures are required to sustain agricultural productivity, farm income and reduce GHG emissions wherever possible. This study presents a systematic review of agriculture emission reduction opportunities with a particular focus on agricultural production systems in South Asia. Our review indicates that the adoption of better soil, water, nutrient management practices, and technologies has enormous potential to reduce GHG emissions from agriculture, thereby contributing to the mitigation of climate
change. Many existing practices and technologies have the potential to improve both adaptation and mitigation in agriculture which can significantly contribute to complying with nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of South Asian countries. However, barriers to the adoption of GHG mitigating agricultural practices, mainly the financial and institutional barriers, need to be appropriately addressed to achieve the desired level of mitigation.
 
Date 2019-03-21
2019-12-11T13:31:41Z
2019-12-11T13:31:41Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Aryal JP, Rahut DB, Sapkota TB, Khurana R, Khatri‑Chhetri A. 2020. Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia. Environment, Development and Sustainability 22:3267-3289.
1573-2975
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106111
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-019-00345-0
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Source Environment, Development and Sustainability