Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production

Impacts, Vulnerabilities & Remedies

Golam Kibria, A. K. Yousuf Haroon, Dayanthi Nugegoda (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2013
New India Publishing Agency (Verlag)
978-93-81450-51-2 (ISBN)

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The book Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Remedies offers a comprehensive overview of the effects of climate change on all agricultural food production sectors, including agriculture, livestock, and fisheries. It also covers food contamination and food safety issues, such as microbial pathogens, toxic biological and toxic chemical contaminants, as well as food security and measures to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change on these sectors. The book has been compiled from research results, data, and information from around the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, North America, the Polar Regions, and Small Island Nations. It has been designed as a textbook, reference book, and extension guide, and is written in clear and straightforward language with key facts, acronyms, and a glossary provided in each chapter, along with tables and figures to facilitate understanding for a wide range of readers.

Golam Kibria, Ph. D. (Australia), Senior Environmental Scientist, Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Authority, Victoria, Australia. A. K. Yousuf Haroon, Dr.Sci. (Norway), National Technical Adviser, Support to the Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem, (BOBLME) Project of GEF-FAO, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Dayanthi Nugegoda, Ph. D. (U. K.), Professor of Ecotoxicology, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

1. Climate change and green house gas emissions (GHG) from agriculture, livestock and fisheries
2. Climate change impacts on agriculture, livestock and fisheries
3. Climate change impacts on food contamination and food safety
4. Climate change impacts on food security
5. Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures in agriculture, livestock and fisheries

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Verlagsort	New Delhi
Sprache	englisch
Maße	225 x 280 mm
Gewicht	1250 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Technik ► Lebensmitteltechnologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
ISBN-10	93-81450-51-X / 938145051X
ISBN-13	978-93-81450-51-2 / 9789381450512
Zustand	Neuware