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Challenges and Strategies of Dryland Agriculture

Srinivas C. Rao and John Ryan, Scientific Pub, 2011, Reprint, xxii, 434 p, tables, figs, ISBN : 9788172334550, $120.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Contributors. Conversion factors for SI and non-SI units. 1. The role of world's agricultural lands for future food security/Srinivas C. Rao, Jean L. Steiner, and Herman S. Mayeux. 2. Dryland agriculture: long neglected but of worldwide importance/Bobby A. Stewart and Parviz Koohafkan. 3. USDA-ARS research and development for sustainable dryland agriculture/Srinivas C. Rao, Herman S. Mayeux, and Allen R. Dedrick. 4. A grey-to-green revolution in the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Africa/William D. Dar, Eric M. McGraw, and D.V. R. Reddy. 5. Climate forecasts: emerging potential to reduce dryland farmers' risks/Jean L. Steiner, Jeanne M. Schneider, Jurgen D. Garbrecht and Xunchang J. Zhang. 6. Dryland agriculture in India/Harish P. Singh, Kapil D. Sharma, Gangireddy Subba Reddy, and Kishori L. Sharma. 7. Drought early warning systems for the near east/Eddy De Pauw. 8. Dryland agriculture on the Canadian Prairies: current issues and future challenges/Francis J. Larney, H. Henry Janzen, Elwin G. Smith, and Darwin W. Anderson. 9. Crop diversification for dryland agriculture in Central Asia Rajendra S. Paroda, Mekhlis Suleimenov, Hasan Yusupov, Aitkalym Kireyev, Rahim Medeubayev, Lyudmila Martynova, and Khasan Yusupov. 10. Dryland cropping in Australia/John F. Angus and Anthony J. Good. 11. Breeding for drought resistance in a changing climate/Salvatore Ceccarelli, Stefania Grando, Michael Baum and Sripada M. Udupa. 12. Localization of quantitative Trait Loci for dryland characters in Barley by linkage mapping/Michael Baum, Stefania Grando, Salvatore Ceccarelli, Gunther Backes and Ahmed Jahoor. 13. Durum wheat adaptation in the Mediterranean drylands: breeding, stress physiology, and molecular markers/Miloudi M. Nachit and Ismahane Elouafi. 14. Sustainable Barley-Legume rotations for Semi-Arid areas of Lebanon Sui-Kwong Yau, Mustapha Bounejmate, John Ryan, and Adel Nassar. 15. Cool-season grain legumes production and rhizobial interactions in Australian dryland agriculture/Jo Slattery, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, and John Howieson. 16. Forage legumes for dryland agriculture in Central and West Asia and North Africa/Ali M. Abd El Moneim and John Ryan. 17. Drought tolerance in Chickpea and Lentil--present status and future strategies/Rajinder S. Malhotra, Ashutosh Sarker, and Mohan C. Saxena. 18. Soil fertility enhancement in Mediterranean type dryland agriculture: a prerequisite for development/John Ryan. 19. Optimizing soil water balance components for sustainable crop production in dry areas of South Africa/Danie J. Beukes, Alan T.P. Bennie and Malcom Hensley. 20. Carbon sequestration in dryland agriculture/Rattan Lal. 21. Acidification and its evolution under Australian dryland cropping systems/William J. Slattery and Keith R. Helyar. 22. Challenges and strategies for dryland agriculture in Pakistan/Abdul Rashid, John Ryan and Mushtaq A. Chaudhry. 23. Subsoil constraints to dryland crop production on the low rainfall Alkaline soils of Southeastern Australia/James Nuttall, Roger Armstrong, Mark Imhof, Mohammed Abuzar and Robert Belford. 24. Impacts of policies and technologies in dryland agriculture: evidence from Northern Ethiopia/John Pender and Berhanu Gebremedhin. 25. Dryland research at ICARDA: achievements and future directions/Adel El-Beltagy, William Erskine and John Ryan.

From the Foreword: "This special publication contains and impressive series of papers by an international group of experts on dryland agricultural production, conservation, and policy. The principles, philosophies, and technologies presented in this publication have the potential to contribute to improve food security and livelihoods for the people in dryland regions of the world." (jacket)

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