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Climate Change and Global Food Securityby Rattan Lal
CRC Press 2005; US$ 149.95In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by 2050. Lal (natural resources, The Ohio State University) collects work by soil scientists and ecologists to explore possible solutions to this impending agricultural crisis. Contributors address the impact of projected climate change on soil q more...
Climate Change and Global Crop Productivityby K.R. Reddy; H.F. Hodges
CAB International 2000; US$ 155.00Written by international experts, this book is a comprehensive examination of the potential effects climate change, particularly greenhouses gases, will have on agrosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself. more...
Climate Change in Contrasting River Basinsby J. Aerts; P. Droogers
CAB International 2004; US$ 100.00Dealing with climate change is generally considered to be one of the greatest challenges for the coming decades. Changes in precipitation are likely to have a major impact on the hydrological cycle and subsequently on the environment and food production. more...
Plant Growth and Climate Changeby James I. L. Morison; Michael D. Morecroft
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 260.00Evidence grows daily of the changing climate and its impact on plants and animals. Plant function is inextricably linked to climate and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration. On the shortest and smallest scales, the climate affects the plant’s immediate environment and so directly influences physiological processes. At larger scales, the climate influences species distribution and community composition, as well as the viability of different crops in managed ecosystems. Plant growth also influences the local, regional and global climate, through the exchanges of energy and gases between the plants and the air around them. Plant Growth and Climate Change examines the major aspects of how anthropogenic climate change affects plants,... more...
Climate Variability and the Global Harvestby Cynthia Rosenzweig; Daniel Hillel
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 65.00Prologue. 1. Climate Variability in the Context of Climate Change: El Nino and Other Oscillations. 2. Impacts of El Nino-La Nina Cycles: Systems and Sectors. 3. Links to Agroecosystems: Processes and Productivity. 4. Recent El Ninos and Their Manifestations: Evolving Understanding. 5. Analysis of El Nino Effects: Methods and Models. 6. Seasonal Climate Predictions: Farmers, Planners, and Policy-makers. 7. Regional Activities in a Global Framework: Developed and Developing Countries. 8. Climate, Society, and Sustainable Development: Assessing Vulnerability, Building Adaptive Capacity. Epilogue more...
Climate Change and Agriculture in Africaby Ariel Dinar; Rashid Hassan; Robert Mendelsohn; James Benhin
Earthscan 2008; US$ 97.50This is a well researched, thorough and impressive work on climate change and agriculture in Africa. I recommend it to students, researchers and practitioners working on climate change issues'. Jabavu Clifford Nkomo, senior programme specialist, IDRC. This landmark book encompasses a comprehensive assessment of the potential economic impacts of future climate change, and the value of adaptation measures in Africa for different zones, regions, countries and farm types. Researchers developed and applied multiple analytical procedures to assess quantitatively how climate affects current agricultural systems in Africa, enabling them to predict how these systems may be affected in the future by climate change under various global warming scenarios,... more...
Climate Change and Agricultureby Robert Mendelsohn; Ariel Dinar
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 40.00Examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. This book uses the Ricardian method to examine the impact of climate change on agriculture. It also quantifies how farmers adapt to climate. more...
Climate Change and Crop Productionby M.P. Reynolds
CAB International 2010; US$ 160.00Trends in population growth suggest that global food production is unlikely to satisfy future demand under predicted climate change scenarios unless rates of crop improvement are accelerated. This book provides an overview of the essential disciplines required for sustainable crop production in unpredictable environments. more...
Climate Change and Agricultureby OECD Publishing
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2010; US$ 46.00Climate change is likely to have significant impacts on the agricultural sector to which farmers will have to adapt. While agriculture is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, it is also a source of carbon storage in soils. This report examines the economic and policy issues related to the impacts of climate change on agriculture and adaptation responses and to the mitigation of greenhouse gases from agriculture. It outlines research undertaken and underway in other national and international research agencies. It also highlights some of the knowledge gaps on the impacts of climate change on food production and the uncertainties of those impacts in a global context that warrant further research efforts. In particular, the report... more...