Dillip Kumar Swain – författare

Sustainable agricultural production is vital for food security and agricultural productivity. It is greatly influenced by weather and climate conditions. This book focuses on understanding weather and climate systems and crop yield productions, including integrated weather-crop prediction systems for climate risk management in agriculture. It examines the impact of climate change and its variability on different crops, and possible ways to minimize the loss for farmers. This book also describes different weather and climate hazards, including the fundamentals of weather/climate prediction systems and numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. It presents the need for seamless weather/climate predictions and their impact on agriculture. The status and availability of different monthly and seasonal scale forecasts worldwide is explored and how the forecasting models or products can be evaluated using statistical methods. The book concisely elucidates systematic model bias removal techniques and a reliable approach based on multi-statistics in producing a single forecast from the multi-model grand ensemble. Since crop models need daily weather sequence, several standard disaggregation methods for generating daily weather sequences from monthly/seasonal products are presented. This book describes several aspects that are needed for agricultural practices and crop modelling. It encapsulates different components of crop models and their application, preparation methods of Crop Weather Calendar, application of disaggregated weather sequence in crop models, and generation of Climate Risk Matrices (CRM). A detailed methodology is presented for hands-on practice, including downloading and processing data, model evaluation and bias corrections, generating a single forecast, disaggregation, and preparing CRM based on crop model products. This book contains a total 11 chapters and appeals to students, researchers, scientists, and operational agencies.

Agriculture remains one of the most climate-sensitive sectors globally, particularly in regions with fragile ecosystems, rainfed farming, and high population pressures. Climate change has exacerbated vulnerabilities in agricultural production systems, especially in developing countries where food security, rural livelihoods, and ecosystem sustainability are deeply intertwined. Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, extreme weather events, and increasing pest outbreaks are already undermining agricultural productivity and stability. This growing uncertainty at the climate-agriculture interface calls for integrated, adaptive, and innovative approaches that are inclusive, scalable, and context-responsive.The book ―Climate-Smart Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Production: Innovations and Practices from India and Japan‖ is a comprehensive edited volume written by a diverse group of experts from India and Japan. It consolidates the collective expertise of researchers, scientists, development practitioners, and policy thinkers from leading academic institutions, government organizations, and private sector agencies. Each chapter is contributed by specialists in their respective fields, offering an interdisciplinary and geographically varied perspective on sustainable agricultural transformation.The primary aim of this edited book is to document, analyze, and disseminate a wide spectrum of climate-smart agricultural technologies and strategies that have been developed, field-tested, and implemented under real-world conditions in both India and Japan. These strategies address diverse climatic and socio-economic challenges and offer innovative solutions rooted in both cutting-edge research and traditional ecological knowledge. The volume serves as a comprehensive resource for researchers, extension workers, policy-makers, educators, and development practitioners engaged in building climate-resilient agri-food systems.This multi-authored work is organized into three thematic sections, each focusing on a crucial pillar of climate-smart agriculture: digital and technological innovations, conservation and organic practices, and integrated adaptation strategies.