1st Edition
Climate Change and Global Food Security
808 Pages
by
CRC Press
804 Pages
by
CRC Press
808 Pages
by
CRC Press
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In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential exists for bringing new land under cultivation -- a daunting prospect when one realizes that increased use and significantly higher concentrations of carbon dioxide have led to a severe depletion of the... Read more
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.
Biography
Rattan Lal, B. A. Stewart, Norman Uphoff, David O. Hansen
