1st Edition
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation to Improve Food Security in South Asia
Chapter 1: Climate Change, Agriculture, Carbon, and Food Security
Islam KR., Khairo, A.M., Farhan, M.J., Irkitbey, A., Yelikbayev, B.K., Didenko, N.O., Lavrenko, S., Bayhan, Y., Barik, K., Aksakal, E.L., Razzaghi, S., Ahsan, S., Bandaogo, A. and Chatterjee, R.
Chapter 2: Stepping towards a Climate Smart India: Impacts and Initiatives
Sheshakumar Goroshi, S.C. Bhan, Ramaraj Palanisamy, K.K. Singh and Kamaljit Ray
Chapter 3: Climate Change Impacts on Food Security in Nepal
Jaya K. Gurung, Divas B. Basnyat, Srijana Thapa and Rojina Haiju
Chapter 4: Climate Change: Causes, Effects and Solutions for Agriculture and Food Security of Pakistan
Sajid Masood, Niaz Ahmed and Muhammad Baqir Hussain
Chapter 5: Food Security and Atmospheric CO2 Mitigation through Increasing Soil Carbon Storage: The 4 per 1000 Initiative and the Importance of Photosynthetically Active Plants
Thierry Heulin
Chapter 6: Carbon Footprint of Rice Production in Rice Production Systems
Md. Khairul Alam, Richard W. Bell, Wahidul K. Biswas and S. Akhter.
Chapter 7: Impacts of Climate Change on Epidemic Outbreak of Wheat Blast Disease in Asia and Its Threat to Global Food and Nutritional Security
Tofazzal Islam and Dipali Rani Gupta
Chapter 8: Food and Nutrition Security in Relation to Climate Change
Mostafa Faruq Al Banna
Chapter 9: Mainstreaming Adaptation into Development Agenda
M.V.K. Sivakumar
Chapter 10: Evolving Landraces of the Coast and Their Utilization in Salt Tolerance Breeding
Zeba I. Seraj
Chapter 11: Climate-smart Management Practices for Crop Production in Bangladesh
S. Akhter, R. Sen, M.K. Alam, M.M. Masud and J.C. Biswas.
Chapter 12: Soil Microorganisms to Sustain Crop Production in Bangladesh
A.R.M. Solaiman
Chapter 13: Differential Colonization of Wild Eggplant and Tomato by Ralstonia solanacearum Strains
Mafruha Afroz
Chapter 14: Integrated Effects of Vermicompost with Inorganic Fertilizer on Mustard–rice Cropping Systems
Md. Azizul Haque, Md. Mohsin Ali and Kamrun Nahar
Chapter 15: Vermicompost Impacts Sugarcane Yield and Soil Carbon Accumulation
Khandakar Mohiul Alam, Md. Aminul Haque, Gazi Md. Akram Hossain and Md. Amzad Hossain
Chapter 16: Integrated Nutrient Management on Sustainable Yield and Soil Fertility under Maize–mungbean–Aman Rice Cropping Systems in Bangladesh
M. Rokeya Khatun, Md. Shafiqul Islam, A.J.M. Sirajul Karim, A.R.M. Solaiman and M.A. Haque
Chapter 17: Addressing Food Security in Bangladesh Associated with Climate Change
Rakhi R. Sarker, M.M.R. Jahangir and Rafiq Islam
Chapter 18: Productivity Improvement Opportunities in the Polders of the Climate-Vulnerable Coastal Zone to Address Future Food Security Challenges of Bangladesh
M.K. Mondal, Z.H. Khan, A. Sutradhar, F.H. Kamal, S.P. Ritu, S. Parvin and S. Yadav
Chapter 19: Flood Management and Livelihood Improvement in Wetland Ecosystems (Haor region) of Bangladesh
S.M. Rezaul Mostofa Kamal, Muhammad Masood and Shamal Chandra Das
Chapter 20: Re-adjustment of Transplanting Time of Rice Seedlings: A Simple and Effective Way to Ensure Food Security for Haor communities
A.K.M. Golam Sarwar
Chapter 21: Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) Biopesticide for the Control of Insect Pests of Agriculture Crops and Vectors of Human Diseases: Bangladesh Perspective
Mahbub Rahman and Mustafizur Rahman
Chapter 22: Climate Change Challenges and Strategic Research on Bangladesh Agriculture
Md. Abdul Karim
Chapter 23: Climate Change and Bangladesh Initiatives
Md. Billal Hossain
Biography
Dr. Rafiq Islam is the Director of the Soil, Water, and Bioenergy Program at The Ohio State University South Centers, Ohio, USA. He has more than 30 years of research experience on sustainable agriculture, soil health, water quality, marginal land restoration, and biofeedstock production. He is a Fulbright teaching scholar and has received several awards including U.S. Congressional recognition for his global contribution. So far, he has published more than 119 peer-reviewed articles (h-index 34), 15 book chapters, and edited several books. E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. AHM Mustafizur Rahman is a professor in the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, Dhaka University, Bangladesh. He has more than 30 years of basic and applied research experience in soil microbiology especially biological nitrogen fixation properties, rice ecosystems, plant genotypes, climate change and food security. He is a fellow of French CNRS and other international organizations. Over the years, he has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in high impact journals and edited several books. E-Mail: [email protected].
Dr. Heulin Thierry is currently serving as the Emeritus Research Director of CNRS, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. Over the years, he served in various capacities to improve the science, technology, genomics, and other environmental issues in France. He was the member of the Scientific Council of the INEE-CNRS. He has supervised 44 graduate students for their academic degrees, and published more than 125 peer-reviewed journal articles (h-index 45) and several academic and edited books. E-Mail: [email protected]
Dr. Mannava Sivakumar worked as the Director of the Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch in the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. His fields of specialization focused on Agroclimatology, Natural Resources Management & Sustainable Development. He has received several awards and recognition for his contribution on global climate effects. He is currently serving as the Editor-in-Chief of the Weather and Climate Extremes Journal. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, 53 books and proceedings, and 40 book chapters. E-Mail: [email protected]
