
Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in Global Drylands
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Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in Global Drylands
About this book
Drylands, a home for nearly 2.5 billion people, are highly vulnerable to anthropogenic climate change, and dryland area may expand to 50% of the Earth's surface by 2100. Climate change may aggravate the prevalence of undernutrition and malnutrition because of adverse effects on quantity and quality of food production in these regions. This book takes a holistic approach to sustainable management of drylands to make agriculture drought-resilient. Eminent scientists from around the world share their knowledge and experiences for adaptation and mitigation of the anthropogenic climate change through innovation in sustainable management of water, soil, crops, livestock, and fisheries. They anticipate that climate change will have major impacts on agro- ecosystems which requires continuous dynamic assessments, globally, regionally, and at the local level where the major action of adaptation would have to occur. The assessment will require international cooperation and national capacity-building. This book emphasizes approaches such as smart and precision agriculture, conservation agriculture, and new innovation and technology as tools for adaptation and mitigation. Several chapters are devoted to the human dimensions and policy considerations with emphasis on enhancing coping and adaptive capacity. This book addresses the picture after COP27, including loss and damage, governance and finance.This book: Examines sustainable management for drylands as a solution to environmental and food security issues.Uses a holistic approach to evaluate sustainable management of drylands.Explains how researchers are translating science into action for greening global drylands.This work will be valuable to students and researchers in agroecology, climate change science and dryland agriculture.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half title page
- CABI CLIMATE CHANGE SERIES
- Title page
- Contents
- Author Biographies
- List of Contributors
- Foreword: Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in Global Drylands
- Preface: The Day after COP28 – The Road Ahead: Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in Global Drylands
- Acknowledgments
- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
- IntroductionAdel S. El-Beltagy, Rattan Lal and Kauser Malik
- Part I: GLOBAL CHAPTERS
- Navigation through Uncertainties
- Carbon Farming in Global DrylandsRattan Lal*
- Plant Genetic Resources for Adaptation to Climate Change in DrylandsRaj Paroda, Anuradha Agrawal and Kuldeep Tripathi
- Agro-management Techniques and Precision Agriculture/Agriculture 4.0 in Arid LandsAbdel-Ghany M. El-Gindy, Abdel-Aziz S. Sheta and Theib Y. Oweis
- Impact of Climate Change on Inland and Ocean Fisheries and AquacultureMeryl Williams*
- Impact of Climate Change on Livestock in DrylandsAdel M. Aboul Naga and Mohamed K. Yousef
- Part II: REGIONAL CASE STUDIES
- Climate Change and Food Security in Africa’s DrylandsHafez Ghanem, Simeon Ehui, Steven Were Omamo and Chakib Jenane
- Case Studies in America on Carbon Management and Sequestration in Agriculturede Moraes Sá, Rajan Ghimire, Prakriti Bista, Juan Andrés Quincke and Mario Allegri
- Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA)Aly Abousabaa, Michael Baum and Vinay Nangia
- Part III: NATIONAL CASE STUDIES
- Innovations, Strategies, and Policies for Building Resilience of India’s Dryland Farming to Climate ChangeM.L. Jat, Ch. Srinivasa Rao, V. Padmaja-Karanam and Rajbir Singh
- Climate Change and Sustainable Agro-ecology in China’s Dryland: A Case StudyBai-Jian Lin, Yu-Xin Wei, Zhe Chen, Cong He, Olatunde Pelumi Oladele, Jian-Fu Xue, Xing Wang, Wei Bai, Yuan-Feng Sun, Ren-Hua Sun, Xin Zhao and Hai-Lin Zhang
- Dryland Agriculture in Pakistan under Changing Climate: A Case StudyMuhammad Sarwar Khan, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Syed Aftab Wajid and Kauser Abdulla Malik
- Resilience and Adaptation of Egyptian AgricultureAdel S. El-Beltagy, Magdy Madkour and Ayman Abou Hadid
- Part IV: MORE GLOBAL CHAPTERS
- Humanity and NatureAliaa R. Rafea, Ismail Serageldin, Sharon Mijares and Dena Merriam
- Protecting Vulnerable Lives and Livelihoods in Times of Climate ChangeIsmail Serageldin*
- The Day after COP28Adel S. El-Beltagy, Rattan Lal and Kauser Malik