Food Security and Climate Change (Hardcover)

Shyam Singh Yadav

ISBN 10: 1119180643 / ISBN 13: 9781119180647

Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken, 2019

Hardcover. This book looks at the current state of food security and climate change, discusses the issues that are affecting them, and the actions required to ensure there will be enough food for the future. By casting a much wider net than most previously published booksto include select novel approaches, techniques, genes from crop diverse genetic resources or relativesit shows how agriculture may still be able to triumph over the very real threat of climate change.Food Security and Climate Change integrates various challenges posed by changing climate, increasing population, sustainability in crop productivity, demand for food grains to sustain food security, and the anticipated future need for nutritious quality foods. It looks at individual factors resulting from climate change, including rising carbon emission levels, increasing temperature, disruptions in rainfall patterns, drought, and their combined impact on planting environments, crop adaptation, production, and management. The role of plant genetic resources, breeding technologies of crops, biotechnologies, and integrated farm management and agronomic good practices are included, and demonstrate the significance of food grain production in achieving food security during climate change.Food Security and Climate Change is an excellent book for researchers, scientists, students, and policy makers involved in agricultural science and technology, as well as those concerned with the effects of climate change on our environment and the food industry. This book looks at the current state of food security and climate change, discusses the issues that are affecting them, and the actions required to ensure there will be enough food for the future. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781119180647

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This book looks at the current state of food security and climate change, discusses the issues that are affecting them, and the actions required to ensure there will be enough food for the future. By casting a much wider net than most previously published books―to include select novel approaches, techniques, genes from crop diverse genetic resources or relatives―it shows how agriculture may still be able to triumph over the very real threat of climate change.
Food Security and Climate Change integrates various challenges posed by changing climate, increasing population, sustainability in crop productivity, demand for food grains to sustain food security, and the anticipated future need for nutritious quality foods. It looks at individual factors resulting from climate change, including rising carbon emission levels, increasing temperature, disruptions in rainfall patterns, drought, and their combined impact on planting environments, crop adaptation, production, and management. The role of plant genetic resources, breeding technologies of crops, biotechnologies, and integrated farm management and agronomic good practices are included, and demonstrate the significance of food grain production in achieving food security during climate change.
Food Security and Climate Change is an excellent book for researchers, scientists, students, and policy makers involved in agricultural science and technology, as well as those concerned with the effects of climate change on our environment and the food industry.

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About the Editors

SHYAM S. YADAV, Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture, Manav Memorial Trust/ Manav Foundation, Vikaspuri, New Delhi, India and Manav Mahal International School, Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, India.

ROBERT J. REDDEN, RJR Agricultural Consultants, Horsham, Victoria, Australia.

JERRY L. HATFIELD, USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa, USA.

ANDREAS W. EBERT, Freelance International Consultant in Agriculture and Agrobiodiversity, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.

DANNY HUNTER, Senior Scientist, Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, Bioversity International, Rome, Italy and Adjunct Researcher, Plant and Agricultural Biosciences Centre (PABC), National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Food Security and Climate Change (Hardcover)
Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Hoboken
Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: new