Climate change impact and adaptation in agricultural systems / edited by Jürg Fuhrer, Agroscope, Zurich, and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland, Peter J. Gregory, East Malling Research, Kent, and School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, UK.
Material type:
TextSeries: CABI climate change series ; 5.Publisher: Boston, MA : CABI, 2014Description: xii, 285 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781780642895 (hbk : alk. paper)
- 630.2515 FUH 23
- S600.7.C54 C659 2014
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| Standard Loan | Thurles Library Main Collection | 630.2515 FUH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100636282 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The focus of this book is future global climate change and its implications for agricultural systems which are the main sources of agricultural goods and services provided to society. These systems are either based on crop or livestock production, or on combinations of the two, with characteristics that differ between regions and between levels of management intensity. In turn, they also differ in their sensitivity to projected future changes in climate, and improvements to increase climate-resilience need to be tailored to the specific needs of each system. The book will bring together a series of chapters that provide scientific insights to possible implications of projected climate changes for different important types of crop and livestock systems, and a discussion of options for adaptive and mitigative management.
Climate projections for 2050 / Markku Rummukainen -- Rainfed intensive crop systems / Jørgen E. Olesen -- Climate sensitivity of intensive rice-wheat systems in tropical Asia: focus on the Indo-Gangetic plains / Anil Kumar Singh and Himanshu Pathak -- Climate change challenges for low input cropping and grazing systems Australia / Steven Crimp, Mark Howden, Chris Stokes, Serena Schroeter and Brian Keating -- Diversity in organic and agro-ecological farming systems for mitigation of climate change impact, with examples from Latin America / Walter A.H. Rossing, Pablo Modernel, Pablo A. Tittonell -- UK fruit and vegetable production: impacts of climate change and opportunities for adaptation / Rosemary Collier and Mark A. Else -- Intensive livestock systems for dairy cows / Robert J. Collier, Laun W. Hall, and John F. Smith -- Climate change and integrated crop-livestock systems in temperate-humid regions of North and South America: mitigation and adaptation / Alan J. Franzluebbers -- Land managed for multiple services / Richard Aspinall -- Adaptation of mixed crop-livestock systems in Asia / Fujiang Hou -- Enhancing climate resilience of cropping systems / Heidi Webber, Helena Kahiluoto, Reimund Rötter, Frank Ewert -- Shaping sustainable intensive production systems: improved crops and cropping systems in the developing world / Clare Stirling, Jon Hellin, Jill Cairns, Elan Silverblatt-Buser, Tadele Tefera, Henry Ngugi, Sika Gbegbelegbe, Kindie Tesfaye, Uran Chung, Kai Sonder, Rachael A. Cox, Nele Verhulst, Bram Govaerts, Phillip Alderman and Matthew Reynolds -- The role of modeling in adapting and building the climate resilience of cropping systems / Helena Kahiluoto, Reimund Rötter, Heidi Webber, Frank Ewert -- Agroforestry solutions for buffering climate variability and adapting to change / Meine van Noordwijk, Jules Bayala, Kurniatun Hairiah, Betha Lusiana, Catherine Muthuri, Nimatul Khasanah and Rachmat Mulia -- Channeling the future? The use of seasonal climate forecasts in climate adaptation / Lauren Rickards, Mark Howden, Steve Crimp -- Agricultural adaptation to climate change: new approaches to knowledge and learning / Julie Ingram -- What are the factors that dictate the choice of coping strategies to climate extreme events? The case of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia / Temesgen Tadesse Deressa.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Contributors (p. vii)
- Foreword (p. xi)
- Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agricultural Systems - Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Climate Projections for 2050 (p. 7)
- 2 Rainfed Intensive Crop Systems (p. 17)
- 3 Climate Sensitivity of Intensive Rice-Wheat Systems in Tropical Asia: Focus on the Indo-Gangetic Plains (p. 31)
- 4 Climate Change Challenges for Low-Input Cropping and Grazing Systems-Australia (p. 47)
- 5 Diversity in Organic and Agro ecological Farming Systems for Mitigation of Climate Change Impact, with Examples from Latin America (p. 69)
- 6 UK Fruit and Vegetable Production - Impacts of Climate Change and Opportunities for Adaptation (p. 88)
- 7 Intensive Livestock Systems for Dairy Cows (p. 110)
- 8 Climate Change and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Temperate-Humid Regions of North and South America: Mitigation and Adaptation (p. 124)
- 9 Land Managed for Multiple Services (p. 140)
- 10 Adaptation of Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Asia (p. 155)
- 11 Enhancing Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems (p. 167)
- 12 Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems: Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World (p. 186)
- 13 The Role of Modelling in Adapting and Building the Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems (p. 204)
- 14 Agroforestry Solutions for Buffering Climate Variability and Adapting to Change (p. 216)
- 15 Channelling the Future? The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Climate Adaptation (p. 233)
- 16 Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Approaches to Knowledge and Learning (p. 253)
- 17 What are the Factors that Dictate the Choice of Coping Strategies for Extreme Climate Events? The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia (p. 271)
- Index (p. 281)