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Climate Change and its
and Livelihood in Kumaun
Himalaya: A Case Study of
Dabka Catchment
Pradeep K. Rawat*
and
Prakash C. Tiwari
INTRODUCTION
Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change-IPCC (2001, 2007a, 2007b)
warns that the progress in human development achieved over the last
decade may be slowed down or even reversed by climate change, as new
threats emerge to food and livelihood security, agricultural production and
access, and nutrition and public health. Agriculture constitutes the backbone
of most developing economies throughout the world and in turn, food and
fi ber production is essential for sustaining and enhancing human welfare
(Rosenzweig and Parry 1994, Fischer et al. 1996). Consequently, agriculture
has been a major concern in discussions on climate change. Agronomic
and economic impacts from climate change depend primarily on two
factors, i.e., (i) the rate and magnitude of change in climate attributes and
the agricultural effects of these changes, and (ii) the ability of agricultural
production to adapt to changing environmental conditions. Temperature,
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