Global Climate Change Effect on Agriculture Production
Contents: Preface. 1. Global climate change. 2. Effects of global climate change on agriculture production. 3. Climate research and agriculture. 4. Agriculture and climate change: real problems, false solutions. 5. Can genetic engineering and the new bioeconomy provide solutions to climate change. 6. Climate change on agriculture and reduce overall GHG emissions. 7. Organic farming and climate change. 8. Climate change and India - some major issues and policy implications. 9. The environmental effectiveness and economic efficiency. 10. Climate change India\'s perceptions, positions, policies and possibilities. 11. Benefits of organic agriculture as a climate change adaptation and mitigation. 12. Impact on agriculture and costs of adaptation climate change. 13. Potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and food supply. Bibliography. Index.
Global agriculture will be under significant pressure to meet the demands of rising populations using finite, often degraded, soil and water resources that are predicted to be further stressed by the impact of climate change. The ongoing buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is prompting shifts in climate across the globe that will affect agro-ecological and growing conditions. In addition, agriculture and land use change are prominent sources of global greenhouse gas emissions. The application of fertilizers, rearing of livestock and related land clearing influences both levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the potential for carbon storage and sequestration. (jacket)
Global agriculture will be under significant pressure to meet the demands of rising populations using finite, often degraded, soil and water resources that are predicted to be further stressed by the impact of climate change. The ongoing buildup of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is prompting shifts in climate across the globe that will affect agro-ecological and growing conditions. In addition, agriculture and land use change are prominent sources of global greenhouse gas emissions. The application of fertilizers, rearing of livestock and related land clearing influences both levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and the potential for carbon storage and sequestration. (jacket)
