Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in Global Drylands

Contributions by Dena Merriam,Sharon Mijares,Dr Rattan Lal,Dr Adel El-Beltagy,Ismael Serageldin,Magdy Madkour,Aliaa R. Rafea

ISBN13: 9781800624856

Imprint: CABI Publishing

Publisher: CABI Publishing

Format: Hardback

Published: 30/10/2024

Availability: Out of stock

Description
Drylands, a home for nearly 2.5 billion people, are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and dryland area may expand to 50% of the Earth's surface by 2100. Climate change may aggravate the prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition because of adverse effects on quantity and quality of food production in these regions. This book takes a holistic approach to sustainable management of drylands to make agriculture drought-resilient. Eminent scientists from around the world share their knowledge and experiences for adaptation and mitigation of the anthropogenic climate change through innovation in sustainable management of water, soil, crops, livestock, and fisheries. They anticipate that climate change will have major impacts on agro- ecosystems which requires continuous dynamic assessments, globally, regionally, and at the local level where the major action of adaptation would have to occur. The assessment will require international cooperation and national capacity-building. This book emphasizes approaches such as smart and precision agriculture, conservation agriculture, and new innovation and technology as tools for adaptation and mitigation. Several chapters are devoted to the human dimensions and policy considerations with emphasis on enhancing coping and adaptive capacity. This book addresses the picture after COP27, including loss and damage, governance and finance. This book: Examines sustainable management for drylands as a solution to environmental and food security issues. Uses a holistic approach to evaluate sustainable management of drylands. Explains how researchers are translating science into action for greening global drylands. This work will be valuable to students and researchers in agroecology, climate change science and dryland agriculture.
Ch 1: Introduction Section I: Global chapters Ch 2: Navigating Through Uncertainties Ch 3: Carbon Farming in Global Drylands Ch 4: Plant Genetic Resources for Adaptation to Climate Change in Drylands Ch 5: Agro-Management Techniques Precision Agriculture/Agriculture 4.0 in Arid Lands Ch 6: Impact of Climate Change on Inland and Ocean Fisheries and Aquaculture Ch 7: Impact of Climate Change on Livestock in Drylands Section II: Regional case studies Ch 8: Climate Change and Food Security in Africa’s Drylands Ch 9: Case Studies in America on Carbon Management and Sequestration in Agriculture Ch 10: Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) Ch 11: Innovations, Strategies, and Policies for Building Resilience of India’s Dryland Farming to Climate Change Ch 12: Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in China’s Dryland: A Case Study Ch 13: Dryland Agriculture in Pakistan under Changing Climate: A Case Study Ch 14: Resilience and Adaptation of Egyptian Agriculture Section III: More global chapters Ch 15: Humanity and Nature Ch 16: Protecting Vulnerable Lives and Livelihoods in Times of Climate Change Ch 17: The Day after COP28
  • Agriculture & farming
  • Sustainable agriculture
  • The Earth: natural history general
  • Arid zones, deserts
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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