Screen LibraryQuantification of Climate Variability, Adaptation and Mitigation for Agricultural Sustainability /
This book is a comprehensive volume dealing with climate change impacts on agriculture, and which can help guide the redesign of agricultural management and cropping systems. It includes mitigation techniques such as use of bioenergy crops, fertilizer and manure management, conservation tillage, cro...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32059-5 |
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This book is a comprehensive volume dealing with climate change impacts on agriculture, and which can help guide the redesign of agricultural management and cropping systems. It includes mitigation techniques such as use of bioenergy crops, fertilizer and manure management, conservation tillage, crop rotations, cover crops and cropping intensity, irrigation, erosion control, management of drained wetlands, lime amendments, residue management, biochar and biotechnology. It also includes Management of GHG emissions Crop models as decision support tools QTL analysis Crop water productivity Impa |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (X, 437 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319320595 |
| Index Number: | GE300 |
| CLC: | X196 |
| Contents: | 1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Variability: An Overview (Mukhtar Ahmed) -- 2. Greenhouse gas emissions due to meat production in the last fifty years (Dario Caro) -- 3. Modeling the impact of climate variability on crops in Sub-Saharan Africa (Ephraim Sekyi-Annan) 4. Modeling Nitrogen Use Efficiency under Changing Climate (Muhammad Aqeel Aslam) -- 5. Climate variability impact on Rice production: Adaptation and Mitigation strategies (Mukhtar Ahmed) -- 6. QTL Modelling: An Adaptation Option in Spring Wheat for Drought Stress (Muhammad Umair Aslam) -- 7. Soil and Water Assessment Tool |