Increasing the Resilience of Dryland Agro-Ecosystems to Climate Change

S Krishnaprabu¹

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, India.

Abstract

The current debate on climate change, its impacts on socio-ecological systems and the role of agriculture has shifted from an emphasis on how to mitigate the effects of increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to how to prepare and adapt to the expected adverse impacts. This follows the recognition that the climate is already changing as a result of mankind’s activities and there is little that can be done to prevent further increases in atmospheric concentrations of GHG in the short term (Henson, 2006). There is much debate on what are the likely tipping points where irreversible changes will occur in the earth’s ecosystems (Schellnhuber et al., 2006; Stern 2007). In addition the linkages between climate change, land degradation and loss of biodiversity are increasingly viewed as highly interactive, requiring more holistic frameworks and approaches in order to solve common problems (MEA, 2005). These converging viewpoints lead to an increased focus on sustainable land management and development whereby incomes of the poor can be increased but not at the expense of the natural resource base and the environmental services they provide. and the principles of physical, human, social, financial and natural capitals (Bebbington, 1999).

Keywords

• Agriculture, Financial, Natural Capitals

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S Krishnaprabu. Increasing the Resilience of Dryland Agro-Ecosystems to Climate Change. International Conference on Global Environmental Changes and Sustainable Development (2019): 106. Print.