Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Agriculture

✍ Scribed by Cornelio Alberto Zolin (Editor); Renato de A. R. Rodrigues (Editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2015
• Leaves: 232
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Climate change and its impact on water resources in agriculture pose one of the biggest challenges for food, energy, fiber, and water security worldwide and, as a consequence, for society. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach towards climate change and water resources in agriculture and provides a comprehensive perspective about the core

✦ Table of Contents

The role of agriculture on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation process. Policies and Initiatives Related to Water and Climate Change in Agriculture: Case Studies from Brazil and Africa. Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases. Proposal for the construction of a greenhouse gas emissions monitoring system for the ABC Plan - Sectoral Plan for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Agriculture Economy. Agrosilvopastoral Systems in Brazil: an Agricultural Productive Strategy Based on Green Economy Concepts. Soil Conservation and Carbon Sequestration: Agroforestry Systems as a Promising Alternative. Forests, Land Use Change, and Water. Uncertainty is the Key Challenge for Agricultural Water Resources Management under Climate Change in the BRICS. Trading off agriculture with nature`s other benefits, spatially. Can investment in rivers basins sustain global development of food and energy systems?

✦ Subjects

Environment & Agriculture;Agriculture & Environmental Sciences;Agriculture;Engineering & Technology;Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering;Water Engineering