Contents: Preface.1. Climate Change. 2. Food Security. 3. Impact of Climate Change: Agriculture and Food Safety. 4. Global Food Security under Climate Change. 5. Climate Change and World Food Supply. 6. Food Security in the Changing Global Climate. 7. Climate Change Regulation and Food Safety. 8. Institutional Roles in Food Safety Risk-based Management. 9. Impact of Climate Change in Indian Agriculture. 10. The Effects of Climate Change on Food Production. Bibliography. Index.

Climate change is a long-term change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns over periods of time that range from decades to millions of years. Food Security is a forthright presentation about the future of Indian Agriculture-a future in which the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) and the State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) are playing a pivotal role since it is the institutions and human resource that constitute the cradles of future development. The book has a comprehensive account of the climate change with possible projections on food security in India and abroad. Global scenario of extreme climatic events and the corresponding probable climatic parameters in the years to come are discussed elaborately. The effect of climatic variability on the productivity of crops particularly cereals, pulses, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits and flowers etc and incidences of plant diseases are highlighted. (jacket)