Combating climate change : an agricultural perspective /
"The effects of climate change can already be felt around the world, and they will likely impact all facets of human civilization--from health, livelihood security, agricultural production, and shelter to international trade. Since anthropogenic factors are mainly to blame for the current trend...
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Boca Raton :
CRC Press,
2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Declining agricultural productivity and global food security / William D. Dar and C.L. Laxmipathi Gowda
- ch. 2. Global agriculture and climate change : a perspective / Manjit S. Kang and Surinder S. Banga
- ch. 3. Dynamics and economic aspects of climate change / Jos ̌A. Tapia Granados and scar Carpintero
- ch. 4. Intensive agriculture and the soil carbon pool / Rattan Lal
- ch. 5. Greenhouse gas emission from agricultural soils : sources and mitigation potential / Dinesh K. Benbi
- ch. 6. Agroecological intelligence needed to prepare agriculture for climate change / Prem S. Bindraban
- ch. 7. Agronomic practices and input-use efficiency / Robert Norton
- ch. 8. Developing climate-resilient crops : a conceptual framework / Surinder S. Banga and Manjit S. Kang
- ch. 9. Genomic perspective on the dual threats of imperiled native agroecosystems and climate change to world food security / Bikram S. Gill, W.J. Raupp, and B. Friebe
- ch. 10. Climate change and the conservation of plant genetic resources / Toby Hodgkin and Paul Bordoni
- ch. 11. Climate change impact on plant pathogens and plant diseases / Yigal Elad and Ilaria Pertot
- ch. 12. Climate change effects on insects : implications for crop protection and food security / Hari C. Sharma
- ch. 13. Merging physiological and genetic approaches to improve abiotic stress resistance / Jiwan P. Palta
- ch. 14. Abiotic stresses and agricultural sustainability / Lawrence Gusta
- ch. 15. Greenhouse gas emissions from nontilled, permanent raised, and conventionally tilled beds in the Central Highlands of Mexico / L. Dendooven ... [et al.]
- ch. 16. Birth of Trinitario Cacao : history intertwined with myths and edaphic and climate factors / Lambert A. Motilal and Thayil N. Sreenivasan
- ch. 17. WorldClim and DIVA software for modeling current and future climates at a 5 km resolution : case studies from Timor Leste and India / Nicholas Molyneux, Isabel Soares, and Florindo Neto.