Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation to Improve Food Security in South Asia

Herausgeber: Islam, Rafiq; Thierry, Heulin; Rahman, Ahm Mustafizur

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Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive book provides insights into climate challenges in agriculture, covering key topics such as climate variability, abiotic and biotic stresses, advanced farming practices, breeding and genetics, nutrient recycling, and soil and wetlands management.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 712g
• ISBN-13: 9781032628493
• ISBN-10: 1032628499
• Artikelnr.: 73390899

Autorenporträt

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: [e-mail] 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: [e-mail]. 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: [e-mail] 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: [e-mail]

Inhaltsangabe

1. Climate Change, Agriculture, Carbon, and Food Security. 2. Stepping
towards a Climate Smart India: Impacts and Initiatives. 3. Climate Change
Impacts on Food Security in Nepal. 4. Climate Change: Causes, Effects and
Solutions for Agriculture and Food Security of Pakistan. 5. Food Security
and Atmospheric CO2 Mitigation through Increasing Soil Carbon Storage: The
4 per 1000 Initiative and the Importance of Photosynthetically Active
Plants. 6. Carbon Footprint of Rice Production in Rice Production Systems.
7. Impacts of Climate Change on Epidemic Outbreak of Wheat Blast Disease in
Asia and Its Threat to Global Food and Nutritional Security. 8. Food and
Nutrition Security in Relation to Climate Change. 9. Mainstreaming
Adaptation into Development Agenda. 10. Evolving Landraces of the Coast and
Their Utilization in Salt Tolerance Breeding. 11. Climate-smart Management
Practices for Crop Production in Bangladesh. 12. Soil Microorganisms to
Sustain Crop Production in Bangladesh. 13. Differential Colonization of
Wild Eggplant and Tomato by Ralstonia solanacearum Strains. 14. Integrated
Effects of Vermicompost with Inorganic Fertilizer on Mustard-rice Cropping
Systems. 15. Vermicompost Impacts Sugarcane Yield and Soil Carbon
Accumulation. 16. Integrated Nutrient Management on Sustainable Yield and
Soil Fertility under Maize-mungbean-Aman rice cropping systems in
Bangladesh. 17. Addressing Food Security in Bangladesh Associated with
Climate Change. 18. Productivity Improvement Opportunities in the Polders
of the Climate-Vulnerable Coastal Zone to Address Future Food Security
Challenges of Bangladesh. 19. Flood Management and Livelihood Improvement
in Wetland Ecosystems (Haor region) of Bangladesh. 20. Re-adjustment of
Transplanting Time of Rice Seedlings: A Simple and Effective Way to Ensure
Food Security for Haor communities. 21. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
Biopesticide for the Control of Insect Pests of Agriculture Crops and
Vectors of Human Diseases: Bangladesh Perspective. 22. Climate Change
Challenges and Strategic Research on Bangladesh Agriculture. 23. Climate
Change and Bangladesh Initiatives.