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Crop Adaptation to Climate Change
Shyam Singh Yadav
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Description for Crop Adaptation to Climate Change
Hardcover. A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. Num Pages: 632 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: TVK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 196 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1684.
A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world's temperatures will rise 1.8-4.0 by 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by ... Read more
A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections suggest that the world's temperatures will rise 1.8-4.0 by 2100 and population may reach 8 billion by the year 2025 and some 9 billion by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Iowa State University Press United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
Number of Pages
632
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780813820163
SKU
V9780813820163
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About Shyam Singh Yadav
Shyam S. Yadav is International Advisor in Agriculture at Civilian Technical Assistance Program, General Directorate of Programs, Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock, Kabul, Afghanistan Robert Redden is a Curator of genetic resources at the Australian Temperate and Field Crops Collection (ATFCC), Department of Primary Industries, Australia Jerry L. Hatfield is Laboratory Director and Supervisory Plant Physiologist ... Read more
Reviews for Crop Adaptation to Climate Change
“This work can serve as a teaching guide for graduate students to stimulate research and to understand crop adaptation strategies in a change climate. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals.” (Choice, 1 September 2012)