Climate change impact and adaptation in agricultural systems / / edited by Jürg Fuhrer, Peter J. Gregory ; contributors, Phillip Alderman [and fifty others] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina |
363.73874
630.2 630.2515 |
Collana | CABI Climate Change Series |
Soggetto topico |
Crops and climate
Climatic changes Agricultural systems |
ISBN | 1-78064-290-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Agricultural Systems - Introduction; 1 Climate Projections for 2050; 2 Rainfed Intensive Crop Systems; 3 Climate Sensitivity of Intensive Rice-Wheat Systems in Tropical Asia:Focus on the Indo-Gangetic Plains; 4 Climate Change Challenges for Low-Input Cropping and Grazing Systems - Australia; 5 Diversity in Organic and Agroecological Farming Systems for Mitigation of Climate Change Impact, with Examples from Latin America; 6 UK Fruit and Vegetable Production - Impacts of Climate Change and Opportunities for Adaptation
7 Intensive Livestock Systems for Dairy Cows8 Climate Change and Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems in Temperate-Humid Regions of North and South America: Mitigation and Adaptation ; 9 Land Managed for Multiple Services; 10 Adaptation of Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Asia; 11 Enhancing Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems; 12 Shaping Sustainable Intensive Production Systems: Improved Crops and Cropping Systems in the Developing World; 13 The Role of Modelling in Adapting and Building the Climate Resilience of Cropping Systems 14 Agroforestry Solutions for Buffering Climate Variability and Adapting to Change15 Channelling the Future? The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Climate Adaptation; 16 Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change: New Approaches to Knowledge and Learning; 17 What are the Factors that Dictate the Choice of Coping Strategies for Extreme Climate Events? The Case of Farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910626105403321 |
Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CABI, , 2014 | ||
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Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice / / edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory |
Edizione | [Third edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Royal Horticultural Society : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (803 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 635 |
Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Horticulture
Gardening |
ISBN |
1-118-77841-3
1-118-77840-5 1-118-77839-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Diversity in the plant world -- The plant body : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant environment : light and water -- Plants and seasons -- Growing plants from seed -- Vegetative propagation -- Size and form -- Colour, scent, and sound in the garden -- Climate and weather -- Climate and other environmental changes -- Protected cultivation -- The diversity of the undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening, and storage -- Garden ecology -- Garden wildlife and conservation -- Low input and low impact gardening -- Health, well being and socio-cultural benefits -- Gardens for science. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794619403321 |
Chichester, England : , : Royal Horticultural Society : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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Science and the garden : the scientific basis of horticultural practice / / edited by David S. Ingram, Daphne Vince-Prue, Peter J. Gregory |
Edizione | [Third edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England : , : Royal Horticultural Society : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (803 pages) : illustrations, tables |
Disciplina | 635 |
Collana | New York Academy of Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Horticulture
Gardening |
ISBN |
1-118-77841-3
1-118-77840-5 1-118-77839-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Diversity in the plant world -- The plant body : structure and function -- Reproduction : securing the future -- Naming plants -- Selecting and breeding plants -- Soils and roots -- Soil cultivation and fertility -- The plant environment : light and water -- Plants and seasons -- Growing plants from seed -- Vegetative propagation -- Size and form -- Colour, scent, and sound in the garden -- Climate and weather -- Climate and other environmental changes -- Protected cultivation -- The diversity of the undesirables -- Controlling the undesirables -- Maturation, ripening, and storage -- Garden ecology -- Garden wildlife and conservation -- Low input and low impact gardening -- Health, well being and socio-cultural benefits -- Gardens for science. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824250703321 |
Chichester, England : , : Royal Horticultural Society : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016 | ||
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