Crop Adaptation to Climate Change.

Crop Adaptation to Climate Change.

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be ev...

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Main Author: Yadav, Shyam Singh
Other Authors: Redden, Robert, Hatfield, Jerry L., Lotze-Campen, Hermann, Hall, Anthony J. W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Arnes, AI : Wiley, 2011.
Subjects:
Climatic changes.
Crops > Adaptation.
Crops and climate.
climate change.
Climatic changes
Crops > Adaptation
Crops and climate
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; List of Contributors; List of Editors; About the Editors; Foreword by Daniel Hillel and Cynthia Rosenzweig; Foreword by M.S. Swaminathan; Foreword by Martin Parry; Foreword by Ahmed Djoghlaf; Foreword by Cary Fowler; Foreword by David K. Skelly; Foreword by Walter P. Falcon; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1.1: Climate Change, Population Growth, and Crop Production: An Overview; Introduction; Global scenarios on future greenhouse gas emissions and population growth; Climate impacts on crop productivity; Adaptation options in agriculture; Conclusions.
  • Chapter 1.2: Downscaling Global Climatic Predictions to the Regional Level: A Case Study of Regional Effects of Climate Change on Wheat Crop Production in Victoria, AustraliaIntroduction; Methods; Results; Discussion; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 2: Agroecology: Implications for Plant Response to Climate Change; Introduction; Energy balance; Changing CO2 concentrations on plant growth; CO2-nutrient interactions; Water-use efficiency; Climate impacts on crop yields; Implications for agroecology; Chapter 3.1: Impacts of Climate Change on Crop Production in Latin America.
  • Introduction: A background on agriculture in Latin AmericaExpected climate change in Latin America; Past impacts of climate on production; Looking toward the future; Conclusions; Chapter 3.2: Changing Climate in North America: Implications for Crops; Introduction; Climate change; Implications of climate change; Challenges; Chapter 3.3: Regional Impacts of Climate Change: Africa; Introduction; Climate change and agricultural production in Africa; Climate-dependent challenges; Perception of African farmers to climate change; Coping and adaptation strategies to climate variability and change.
  • ConclusionRecommendations; Chapter 3.4: Regional Climate Impacts on Agriculture in Europe; Agriculture in Europe; Present climate conditions for agriculture; Climate change impacts; A specific adaptation option: Crop insurance in Spain; Chapter 3.5: Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union; Introduction; Geography of agriculture; Climate change impacts and adaptations; Discussion; Chapter 3.6: Climate Change Impact in Agriculture: Vulnerability and Adaptation Concerns of Semiarid Tropics in Asia; Introduction.
  • Climate change vulnerability in semiarid tropics of AsiaClimate change impacts in Asia; Adaptation to climate change; Conclusions; Future line of investigation; Chapter 3.7: Climate Change Impacts in Japan and Southeast Asia: Implications for Crop Adaptation; Introduction; Climatic change in Japan and Southeast Asia; Projected climate change impacts on crops; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 3.8: Regional Impacts: Australia; Introduction; Climate and climate change in Australian cropping regions; Grains, oilseeds, and legumes; Rice; Sugarcane; Viticulture.

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