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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. S. Goel et al. (eds.), Climate Change and the White World,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21679-5_6
Potential Technologies for Climate
Resilient Agriculture in the Indian
Himalayan Region
Latika Pandey and Ayyanadar Arunachalam
Abstract The Himalaya govern the climatic regime of the entire South-Asian
countries where the constituent ecosystems are ecologically vulnerable. Changing
climate conditions have impacted the weather events and have further increased the
frequency and intensity of various kinds of climatic disasters, all affecting the
Himalayan ecology and livelihood security. Nonetheless, the region is rich in natural resources and provides ample opportunities to enhance the quality of lifestyle of
the farmers by utilizing the locally available resources along with the introduction
of some important modern tools and technologies. The Task Force on Himalayan
Agriculture under the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
(NMSHE) is playing a crucial role in strengthening the capacities of farmers through
appropriate interventions from lab-to-land, so as to enable to the agriculture, a sustainable source of livelihood vis-à-vis climate resilience.
Keywords Climate resilience · Agriculture · Indian Himalayan region
1 Introduction
The ecologically sensitive mountain ecosystems become vulnerable to climate and
socio-economic changes that are dependent on the balance between demand for the
food and services as appropriate through effective land-use management (Regamey
et al. 2012). For instance, climate plays a crucial role in mostly rain- dependent
agricultural activities in the mountainous region (Ayyappan and Arunachalam
2015). While the entire Himalayan region is a catchment area for several streams
and major rivers such as river Ganga, its terrain feature and natural vegetation are
being degraded by various anthropogenic activities eroding soil and biological
diversity and also eventually changing the cultural landscape of the region (Tiwari
2000). One of the important indicators of socio-economic vulnerability as opposed
L. Pandey · A. Arunachalam (*)
Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
P. S. Goel et al. (eds.), Climate Change and the White World,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21679-5_6
Potential Technologies for Climate
Resilient Agriculture in the Indian
Himalayan Region
Latika Pandey and Ayyanadar Arunachalam
Abstract The Himalaya govern the climatic regime of the entire South-Asian
countries where the constituent ecosystems are ecologically vulnerable. Changing
climate conditions have impacted the weather events and have further increased the
frequency and intensity of various kinds of climatic disasters, all affecting the
Himalayan ecology and livelihood security. Nonetheless, the region is rich in natural resources and provides ample opportunities to enhance the quality of lifestyle of
the farmers by utilizing the locally available resources along with the introduction
of some important modern tools and technologies. The Task Force on Himalayan
Agriculture under the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem
(NMSHE) is playing a crucial role in strengthening the capacities of farmers through
appropriate interventions from lab-to-land, so as to enable to the agriculture, a sustainable source of livelihood vis-à-vis climate resilience.
Keywords Climate resilience · Agriculture · Indian Himalayan region
1 Introduction
The ecologically sensitive mountain ecosystems become vulnerable to climate and
socio-economic changes that are dependent on the balance between demand for the
food and services as appropriate through effective land-use management (Regamey
et al. 2012). For instance, climate plays a crucial role in mostly rain- dependent
agricultural activities in the mountainous region (Ayyappan and Arunachalam
2015). While the entire Himalayan region is a catchment area for several streams
and major rivers such as river Ganga, its terrain feature and natural vegetation are
being degraded by various anthropogenic activities eroding soil and biological
diversity and also eventually changing the cultural landscape of the region (Tiwari
2000). One of the important indicators of socio-economic vulnerability as opposed
L. Pandey · A. Arunachalam (*)
Task Force on Himalayan Agriculture, Indian Council of Agricultural Research,
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi, India