The textbook Climate Change and Agricultural Food Production: Impacts, Vulnerabilities and Remedies provides an extensive overview of the effects of climate change on all sectors of agricultural food production, including agriculture, livestock, and fisheries. It also covers food contamination and food safety, including 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 presents information from research results and data 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 book, and is written in simple and plain English, with key facts, acronyms, and a glossary provided in each chapter, along with tables and figures to benefit a wide range of readers.
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  • 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
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9788119072385
Publisert
2013-01-15
Utgiver
New India Publishing Agency
Vekt
1250 gr
Høyde
280 mm
Bredde
225 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
294

Biografisk notat

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.