Sustainable Solutions for Food Security
Combating Climate Change by Adaptation
Editors: Sarkar, Atanu, Sensharma, Suman Ranjan, vanLoon, Gary W. (Eds.)
Free Preview- Contains the latest technological solutions and governance frameworks for sustainable food security that have been tested across the globe
- Provides comprehensive descriptions of food systems resilience initiatives and guides to replicating them
- Combines multidisciplinary perspectives including public health, development studies, chemistry, and environmental science
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- About this book
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This volume is the first centralized source of technological and policy solutions for sustainable agriculture and food systems resilience in the face of climate change. The editors have compiled a comprehensive collection of the latest tested, replicable green technologies and approaches for food security, including smart crops and new agricultural paradigms, sustainable natural resources management, and strategies for risk assessment and governance. Studies from resource-constrained countries with vulnerable populations are emphasized, with contributions on multisector partnership from development professionals. Debates concerning access to climate-smart technologies, intellectual property rights, and international negotiations on technology transfer are also included.
The editors are, respectively, a public health physician, a development professional and an environmental scientist. They bring their varied perspectives together to curate a holistic volume that will be useful for policy makers, scientists, community-based organizations, international organizations and researchers across the world. - About the authors
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Atanu Sarkar serves as Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Suman Ranjan Sensarma is a Consultant at IPE Global Limited, a development sector consultancy.
Gary W. vanLoon is an Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Queen's University, Canada.
- Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-23
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Adaptation of Crops to Warmer Climates: Morphological and Physiological Mechanisms
Pages 27-50
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Climate Smart Crops: Flood and Drought-Tolerant Crops
Pages 51-66
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Adaption to Climate Change: Climate Adaptive Breeding of Maize, Wheat and Rice
Pages 67-89
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Using Genomics to Adapt Crops to Climate Change
Pages 91-109
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Sustainable Solutions for Food Security
- Book Subtitle
- Combating Climate Change by Adaptation
- Editors
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- Atanu Sarkar
- Suman Ranjan Sensharma
- Gary W. vanLoon
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-77878-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-77877-8
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXX, 549
- Number of Illustrations
- 13 b/w illustrations, 95 illustrations in colour
- Topics
