Delphine Deryng 
Climate change and agriculture [EPUB ebook] 

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  • Provides a more holistic approach by combining research both on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the contribution of agriculture to climate change

  • Highlights advances in ways of predicting the effects of agriculture and climate change on one another

  • Builds on this foundation to outline key mitigation strategies to achieve a more ‘climate-smart’ agriculture

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Part 1 The impacts of climate change on agriculture
1.The effects on crop cultivation of increased CO2, temperature and ozone levels due to climate change: Eline Vanuytrecht, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO) and KU Leuven Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Belgium;
2.Effects of climate change on agricultural soils: Kennedy Were, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, Kenya; and Bal Ram Singh, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway;
3.Modeling the effects of climate change on agriculture: a focus on cropping systems: M. Adam, CIRAD, Burkina Faso; K. J. Boote, University of Florida–Gainesville, USA; G. N. Falconnier, CIRAD, France; C. H. Porter, University of Florida–Gainesville, USA; E. Eyshi Rezaei, University of Göttingen, Germany; and H. Webber, University of Bonn and Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Research (ZALF), Germany;
Part 2 The contribution of agriculture to climate change
4.Quantifying the role of livestock in climate change: Julie Wolf, USDA-ARS, USA;
5.The role of crop cultivation in contributing to climate change: Sonali Shukla Mc Dermid and David Kanter, New York University, USA;
6.The role of agricultural expansion, land cover and land-use change in contributing to climate change: Catherine E. Scott, University of Leeds, UK;
7.Measuring and quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural activities: Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, University College Dublin & Prudence College Dublin/GSustain, Ireland; Syed Faiz-ul Islam, University College Dublin, Ireland; Macdara O’Neill, University College Dublin & Teagasc, Ireland; and Bruce Osborne, University College Dublin, Ireland;
Part 3 Adaption and mitigation strategies in agriculture
8.Climate-smart crop production: understanding complexity for achieving triple-wins: Katrien Descheemaeker, Pytrik Reidsma and Ken E. Giller, Plant Production Systems, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands;
9.The contribution of integrated crop–livestock systems in combatting climate change and improving resilience in agricultural production to achieve food security: Mark van Wijk and James Hammond, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya; Simon Fraval, International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya and Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Jannike Wichern, Wageningen University, The Netherlands; Randall Ritzema, Olivet Nazarene University, USA; and Ben Henderson, Natural Resources Policy, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), France;
10.Agroforestry as a solution for multiple climate change challenges in Africa: C. Mbow, Future Africa at University of Pretoria, South Africa and Michigan State University, USA; E. Toensmeier, Perennial Agriculture Institute, USA; M. Brandt, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; D. Skole, Michigan State University, USA; M. Dieng, Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA), Senegal; D. Garrity, World Agroforestry Centre, Kenya; and B. Poulter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA;

Tentang Penulis

Cheikh Mbow is a research Professor and the Director of Future Africa at the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at Michigan State University’s Department of Forestry. Over the past 23 years, Mbow has been active to raise funding and develop research and education partnerships. He established and coordinated the GOFC-GOLD Regional Network for West Africa (WARN) and worked in several regional programs such as AFRICANESS, AMMA (FP6), UNDESERT (FP7) projects, for the Global Atlas of the convention on Desertification, the GBO3 and for the GLO. Cheikh Mbow has been a Senior Scientist (Team Leader) on Climate Change and Development at World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and supported the inter-institutional program CCAFS (Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security). He is a Lead Author on the Agriculture, Forestry and, Other Land Use (AFOLU) chapter in the IPCC’s AR-5 and AR-6. Mbow is now a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on Food Security.

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Bahasa Inggris ● Format EPUB ● Halaman 404 ● ISBN 9781786763228 ● Ukuran file 10.5 MB ● Editor Delphine Deryng ● Penerbit Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing ● Kota Cambridge ● Negara GB ● Diterbitkan 2020 ● Diunduh 24 bulan ● Mata uang EUR ● ID 7447482 ● Perlindungan salinan Adobe DRM
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