Contents
Abbreviations;
List of Illustrations;
List of Tables;
Acknowledgements;
Abstract;
1 Introduction;
2 Background;
2.1 What is the climate change, agriculture and poverty nexus?;
3 Review of Literature;
3.1 Climate change-agriculture-poverty nexus in the global scenario;
3.2 The Indian Context;
4 Research Design;
4.1 Statement of the Problem;
4.2 Research Questions and Hypotheses;
4.3 Nature of the Study;
4.4 Conceptualisation and Operationalization;
4.5 Nature and Source of Data;
4.6 Limitations of the Study;
5 Methodology and Analysis;
5.1 Model Description;
6 Results and Discussion;
6.1 Assessing the impact of agriculture growth on rural poverty in India;
6.2 Assessing the relationship between GHG emissions, agriculture growth and rural poverty in India;
7 Policy Assessment;
7.1 National Agriculture Policy, 2000;
7.2 National Environment Policy, 2006;
7.3 National Action Plan on Climate Change, 2008;
7.4 Energy Policy of India;
8 Conclusion and Recommendations;
8.1 Policy Recommendations;
9 Way Forward
Appendix I;
Appendix II;
References.