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02386aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 BDA1FDE0F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180104010254 008 170227t20172017ii ab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0199475474 020 $a 9780199475476 035 $a (OCoLC)973921071 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d ERASA $d DKAGE $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d IPL $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a S600.7 C54 C5536x 2017 082 04 $a 363.7 245 00 $a Climate change and the future of Himalayan farming / $c edited by Tor H. Aase. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New Delhi : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xii, 358 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a Over the past three decades, climate change and other uncertainties have wreaked havoc on diverse livelihoods in the Himalayas. Farming communities cope with these changes based on their perceptions of changing climatic patterns. This volume seeks to understand the challenges faced by the Himalayan farmers and their agricultural institutions in constantly changing external production conditions. Given that agriculture is most sensitive to climate change, the aim of this volume is to relate contemporary farming practices with projected future changes. Climate change, the contributors to the volume argue, is not the sole factor that impacts agricultural practices. Climate is only one aspect of a wide array of factors that lead to multiple kinds of uncertainties among the farming communities. The authors of the volume use the lens of flexibility to debate and discuss farmers and farming systems that are most suited to adapt to a future burdened with uncertainty. This volume takes a long view of the year 2100 and projects a course of action that best prepares farmers and farming communities to future climate changes and generalized uncertainties. 650 0 $a Crops and climate $z Himalaya Mountains Region. 650 0 $a Climatic changes $z Himalaya Mountains Region. 650 0 $a Mountain ecology $z Himalaya Mountains Region. 720 $a Aase, Tor H. 700 1 $a Aase, Tor Halfdan, $e editor. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191126023758.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103015046.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BDA1FDE0F11E11E79D0FC10F97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search