Sustainable Solutions for Food Security: Combating Climate Change by Adaptation

✍ Scribed by Atanu Sarkar, Suman Ranjan Sensarma, Gary W. vanLoon

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 559
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxx
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Introduction (Atanu Sarkar, Gary W. vanLoon, Dave Watson)....Pages 3-23
Front Matter ....Pages 25-25
Adaptation of Crops to Warmer Climates: Morphological and Physiological Mechanisms (Ullah Najeeb, Daniel K. Y. Tan, Muhammad Sarwar, Shafaqat Ali)....Pages 27-50
Climate Smart Crops: Flood and Drought-Tolerant Crops (Camila Pegoraro, Carlos Busanello, Luciano Carlos da Maia, Antonio Costa de Oliveira)....Pages 51-66
Adaption to Climate Change: Climate Adaptive Breeding of Maize, Wheat and Rice (Dave Watson)....Pages 67-89
Using Genomics to Adapt Crops to Climate Change (Yuxuan Yuan, Armin Scheben, Jacqueline Batley, David Edwards)....Pages 91-109
Climate-Resilient Future Crop: Development of C4 Rice (Hsiang Chun Lin, Robert A. Coe, W. Paul Quick, Anindya Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 111-124
Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change (M. A. Mustafa, S. Mayes, F. Massawe)....Pages 125-149
Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change? (Aryo Feldman, Wai Kuan Ho, Festo Massawe, Sean Mayes)....Pages 151-167
Front Matter ....Pages 169-169
The Challenge of Feeding the World While Preserving Natural Resources: Findings of a Global Bioeconomic Model (Timothy S. Thomas, Shahnila Dunston)....Pages 171-189
Adaptation to Climate Change Through Adaptive Crop Management (Dave Watson)....Pages 191-210
Water Management Technology for Adaptation to Climate Change in Rice Production: Evidence of Smart-Valley Approach in West Africa (Aminou Arouna, Aristide K. A. Akpa)....Pages 211-227
An Agroecological Strategy for Adapting to Climate Change: The System of Rice Intensification (SRI) (Norman Uphoff, Amod K. Thakur)....Pages 229-254
Efficient Desalinated Water Pricing in Wetlands (Oscar Alfranca)....Pages 255-268
Drip Irrigation Technology: Analysis of Adoption and Diffusion Processes (Francisco Alcon, Nuria Navarro, María Dolores de-Miguel, Andrea L. Balbo)....Pages 269-285
Combating Climate Change Impacts for Shrimp Aquaculture Through Adaptations: Sri Lankan Perspective (J. M. P. K. Jayasinghe, D. G. N. D. Gamage, J. M. H. A. Jayasinghe)....Pages 287-309
Application of the Terroir Concept on Traditional Tea Cultivation in Uji Area (Fitrio Ashardiono)....Pages 311-329
The Opportunity of Rural Space with Urban Relationships: Urban Agriculture as Contemporary Cultural Landscape for Resilience by Design (Luis Maldonado Rius)....Pages 331-352
Front Matter ....Pages 353-353
Stakeholders’ Perceptions on Effective Community Participation in Climate Change Adaptation (Subhajyoti Samaddar, Akudugu Jonas Ayaribilla, Martin Oteng-Ababio, Frederick Dayour, Muneta Yokomatsu)....Pages 355-379
Disadvantaged Communities in Indonesian Semi-Arid Regions: An Investigation of Food Security Issues in Selected Subsistence Communities in West Timor (Yenny Tjoe, Paulus Adrianus Ratumakin, Moazzem Hossain, Peter Davey)....Pages 381-408
Enhancing Food Security in Subarctic Canada in the Context of Climate Change: The Harmonization of Indigenous Harvesting Pursuits and Agroforestry Activities to Form a Sustainable Import-Substitution Strategy (Leonard J. S. Tsuji, Meaghan Wilton, Nicole F. Spiegelaar, Maren Oelbermann, Christine D. Barbeau, Andrew Solomon et al.)....Pages 409-435
Vulnerability Amidst Plenty? Food Security and Climate Change in Australia (Ruth Beilin, Michael Santhanam-Martin, Tamara Sysak)....Pages 437-457
Agricultural Decision Support Tools: A Comparative Perspective on These Climate Services (Jonathan Lambert, Nagothu Udaya Sekhar, Allison Chatrchyan, Art DeGaetano)....Pages 459-478
Multilevel Governance for Climate Change Adaptation in Food Supply Chains (Ari Paloviita, Marja Järvelä)....Pages 479-496
Climate Change and Food Security in India: Adaptation Strategies and Major Challenges (Atanu Sarkar, Arindam Dasgupta, Suman Ranjan Sensarma)....Pages 497-520
Front Matter ....Pages 521-521
Conclusion (Atanu Sarkar, Gary W. vanLoon)....Pages 523-529
Back Matter ....Pages 531-549

✦ Subjects

Environment; Sustainable Development; Climate Change Management and Policy; Agriculture; Food Science