Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India

Climate change magnifies the risk of disasters and increases their costs. As the climate system has warmed, the number of weather-related hazards globally has tripled, and the number of people living in flood-prone areas and cyclone-exposed coastlines has doubled – and this trend is expected to incr...

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Autores principales: Amarnath, Giriraj, Sikka, Alok
Formato: Press Item
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92096
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author Amarnath, Giriraj
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description Climate change magnifies the risk of disasters and increases their costs. As the climate system has warmed, the number of weather-related hazards globally has tripled, and the number of people living in flood-prone areas and cyclone-exposed coastlines has doubled – and this trend is expected to increase. Dr Giriraj Amarnath and Dr Alok Sikka of International Water Management Institute (IWMI), discuss.
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spelling CGSpace920962025-12-02T10:59:51Z Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India Amarnath, Giriraj Sikka, Alok crop production climate change agriculture food security Climate change magnifies the risk of disasters and increases their costs. As the climate system has warmed, the number of weather-related hazards globally has tripled, and the number of people living in flood-prone areas and cyclone-exposed coastlines has doubled – and this trend is expected to increase. Dr Giriraj Amarnath and Dr Alok Sikka of International Water Management Institute (IWMI), discuss. 2018-03-01 2018-04-18T11:31:46Z 2018-04-18T11:31:46Z Press Item https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92096 en Limited Access Amarnath G, Sikka A. 2018. Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India. Asia Insurance Review: 80-82.
spellingShingle crop production
climate change
agriculture
food security
Amarnath, Giriraj
Sikka, Alok
Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title_full Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title_fullStr Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title_full_unstemmed Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title_short Satellite data offers new hope for flood-stricken farmers in India
title_sort satellite data offers new hope for flood stricken farmers in india
topic crop production
climate change
agriculture
food security
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92096
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