Footnote:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2019)
Description:
This work asks to what extent Himalayan farmers and their institutions are prepared to face a future when external production conditions change. Because farming is particularly sensitive to climate, the main aim here is to relate present farming practices to projected future climate changes. Intensive, coordinated studies of six farming communities along the Himalayan range, from China in the east to Pakistan in the west, focus on their potentiality to adapt to climate changes that are projected for 2030, 2050, and 2100. But since climate projections are just projections, and since the context of farming is wider than just climate, the text also asks about farmers' capacity to adapt to uncertainty in general.