Climate change and global food security. (2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by R. Lal [and others].
• Other Names: Lal, R
• Contents: Computer generated contents: Chapt. 1. Reducing hunger in tropical africa while coping with climate change -- chapt. 2. World food security: perspectives past, present, and future -- chapt. 3. Changing times and directions -- chapt. 4. Greenhouse gases and food security in low-income countries -- chapt. 5. Climate change, soil carbon dynamics, and global food security -- chapt. 6. Climate change effects on the water supply in some major river basins -- chapt. 7. Climate change and terrestrial ecosystem production -- chapt. 8. The changing role of forests in the global carbon cycle: responding to elevated carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- chapt. 9. Impact of climate change on soil organic matter status in cattle pastures in western brazilian amazon -- chapt. 10. Climate change, agriculture, and sustainability -- chapt. 11. Assessing the consequences of climate change for food security: a view from the intergovernmental panel on climate change -- chapt. 12. Climate change and tropical agriculture: implications for social vulnerability and food security -- chapt. 13. Effects of global climate change on agricultural pests: possible impacts and dynamics at population, species interaction, and community levels -- chapt. 14. Food security and production in dryland regions -- chapt. 15. Climate change and crop production: challenges to modeling future scenarios -- chapt. 16. Soil carbon sequestration: understanding and predicting responses to soil, climate, and management -- chapt. 17. Reducing greenhouse warming potential by carbon sequestration in soils: opportunities, limits, and tradeoffs -- chapt. 18. Management practices and carbon losses via sediment and subsurface flow -- chapt. 19. Measuring and monitoring soil carbon sequestration at the project level -- chapt. 20. Dynamics of carbon sequestration in various agroclimatic zones of uganda -- chapt. 21. Soil carbon sequestration in dryland farming systems -- chapt. 22. More food, less poverty? the potential role of carbon sequestration in smallholder farming systems in senegal -- chapt. 23. Hillside agriculture and food security in mexico: advances in the sustainable hillside management project -- chapt. 24. Soil organic carbon, quality index, and soil fertility in hillside agriculture -- chapt. 25. Terrestrial carbon sequestration in zambia -- chapt. 26. Policy and economic issues dealing with global warming -- chapt. 27. Confronting the twin problems of global warming and food insecurity -- chapt. 28. Policies and incentive mechanisms for the permanent adoption of agricultural carbon sequestration practices in industrialized and developing countries -- chapt. 29. The impact of climate change in a developing country: a case study from mali -- chapt. 30. Researchable issues and development priorities for countering climate change.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 778 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 338.1/4; Climatic changes; Crops and climate; Crop yields; Food supply; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture; Climatic changes; Crop yields; Crops and climate; Food supply; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420028618; 9781420028614; 9780824725365; 0824725360
• Related ISBNs: 0824725360
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.