Natural Capital and Climate Smart Agriculture

Pradyot Ranjan Jena is a Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.Shunsuke Managi is a Distinguished Professor of Technology and Policy and Director of the Urban Institute at Kyushu University, Japan.Ritanjali Majhi is a Professor at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.

• About the authorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1 -- Natural Capital in India: An Overview of Trends and Status of Natural Capital Stock1.1. Natural Capital: A Brief History1.2. Natural Capital: Indian Context1.3. Agricultural Land Holdings1.4. Forest And Fisheries1.5. Renewable Energy1.6. Coal And Minerals1.7. Natural Capital: Issues Of SustainabilityCHAPTER 2 -- Measurement of Economic Damages of Climate Change Without Suitable Adaptation Strategies2.1. Introduction2.2. Implications of Climate Change Vulnerability to Agriculture2.3. Climate Change in Developing Countries: Indian Context2.4. Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Sector: A Case Study2.5. Methodological Issues2.6. Impact of Climate Change on Net Revenue2.7. Impact of Climate Change on Crop Yields2.8. Mapping Districts in the Scale of Climate Change Vulnerability2.9. Adaptation Measures Essential to Deal with Climate ChangeCHAPTER 3 -- An Overview of Government Policies and Strategies on Climate Smart Agriculture in India3.1. Introduction3.2. Adaptation vs Adoption3.3. Climate Smart Agriculture in India3.4. The Empirical Literature on the Adoption of CSA Practices and its Determinants3.5. Access to Extension Services3.6. Socioeconomic Characteristics3.7. Experience/Perception of Climate Change3.8. Attitude and Behaviour towards Risk3.9. Farm CharacteristicsCHAPTER 4--Incentives and barriers in adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Role of government and non-government organization to scale up CSA4.1. Socio-economic Vulnerability and Climate Smart Agriculture4.2. Materials and Methods4.3. Description of the Variable4.4. Results and Discussion4.5. The Broader ContextCHAPTER 5 -- Role of Gender in Adopting Climate Smart Agriculture Practices5.1. Women at the Forefront of Climate Effect5.2. Evidence on Effects of Climate Change on Gender5.3. Methodology5.4. Livelihood and Food Security Issues5.5. Exposure to Climate Hazards and Impact on the LivelihoodCHAPTER 6 -- The Impact of CSA Technology Adoption on Natural Capital6.1. Introduction6.2. Natural Capital and Its Interaction with Agriculture and Climate Change6.3. Integration of Climate-Smart Agriculture and Natural Capital6.4 Some effective CSA techniques and their impact6.5. Case Studies: Implementation of CSA and Its Benefits6.6. Climate Finance for Conserving Natural Capital in India6.7. National Policy and Programs for CSA and Natural Capital Conservation6.8. Policy and Institutional Barriers to CSA and Natural Capital Conservation6.9. ConclusionCHAPTER 7 – Impact of CSA Practices on Household Income and Agricultural Yield7.1 Introduction7.2. Materials and Methods7.3 Results and Discussion7.4 Discussion7.5 Conclusion and Policy ImplicationCHAPTER 8 -- Forest Ecosystems in India and Linkage to Agricultural Sustainability8.1 Introduction8.2 Complementarity Between Forest Ecosystem and Sustainable Agriculture: The Linkages8.3 Preservation of the Indian Forest Ecosystem: Assessing Conservation Efforts8.4 The Legislation on Forest Conservation and Forest Ecosystem8.5. Conclusion