Contents



Preface

Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of all people and nations, especially in the developing world. Climate change is likely to have an extensive impact on agriculture around the world through changes in temperature, precipitation, concentrations of carbon dioxide, and available water flows. This book entitled "Climate Change and Agriculture" provides the most recent research on the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. With contributions from internationally recognized scientists, this volume contains 13 chapters covering the key topics related to climate change hazards, risk assessment, mitigation strategies, and climate-smart agriculture innovations. It offers a solid foundation for the discussion of climate resilience in agricultural systems and the requirements to keep improving agricultural production in the face of mounting

I wish to express my gratitude to the contributing scientists in this edition for their overwhelming response and for readily accepting my invitation. All the contributors not only shared their knowledge, but admirably integrated the scattered information from diverse fields in composing the chapters and efficiently incorporated the editorial suggestions finally to produce this venture. I greatly appreciate their commitment. I am also thankful to the IntechOpen team (especially Ms. Dajana Pemac) for their generous cooperation at every stage of the book production. I hope this volume will be useful to all agriculturists, environmentalists, climate change specialists, policy makers, research scholars, and

> **Dr. Saddam Hussain** Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

others concerned with climate change and agriculture.

climate challenge.
