Climate Change and Global Food Security

ISBN-13: 9780824725365 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 808 str.

Lal Rattan; Norman Uphoff; B. A. Stewart

Opis

Emissions of carbon from fossil fuel combustion, along with a change in land use, has led to the depletion of the soil's organic carbon pool. This creates soil quality problems in tropical and subtropical regions as well as in low input subsistence farming areas, the very ones that are projected to yield the most dramatic population increases in the near future. This text addresses these issues and provides possible solutions to the impending agricultural crisis. The author discusses the effects of climate change on soil quality, world food demands and supply during the 21st century, and policy and economic issues related to carbon trading and enhancing agricultural production.

Spis treści

Foreword. Preface. Global Food Security. Climate Change and Net Primary Productivity. Climate Change and Agronomic Production. Soil Carbon Dynamics and Farming/Cropping Systems. Policy and Economic Issues. Towards Research and Development Priorities. Appendices. Units and Conversions. Subject Index.

O autorze

Rattan Lal, B. A. Stewart, Norman Uphoff, David O. Hansen