Climate Change Adaptation and Insect Pest Management: Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture in India

This book addresses the urgent need to adapt agricultural practices in response to the dual challenges of climate change and insect pest management.It explores how changing climatic conditions affect insect pests and the resultant impacts on crop production.It provides a thorough analysis of adaptive strategies that can help mitigate these effects, ensuring sustainable agricultural productivity.The book integrates scientific research, practical case studies, and policy recommendations.In this book, the first 10 chapters cover a wide range of climate-resilient and sustainability-oriented themes, including climate-resilient practices for sustainable development of horticulture, enhanced nutrient-use efficiency in millets, the role of bio-inoculants in mitigating climate change in the horticultural ecosystem, indigenous knowledge for climate resilience, groundwater governance in water-intensive sectors, aquatic resource production challenges, pesticide immunogen toxicity, minimal processi