Environment and climate-smart food production

Galanakis, Charis M., (editor.). Springer (Firm), (issuing body.).

Summary: Agriculture and food systems, forestry, the marine and the bio-based sectors are at the very heart of the climate change crisis. Evidence on climate change reveals that it will affect farming first, through changes to rainfall regimes, rising temperatures, the variability and seasonality of the climate and the occurrence of more frequent extreme events (heatwaves, droughts, storms and floods). In addition to findings ways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, farmers will need to develop farming systems resilient to fluctuating environmental and socioeconomic conditions. It is thus a great challenge to support ambitious climate targets while satisfying the needs for food, feed, bio-based products and energy for a global population projected to reach 10 billion by 2030.

Record details

ISBN: 9783030715700 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
x, 427 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Publisher: Switzerland : Springer, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Microclimate management -- Climate smart and agro ecological farming systems of smallholder farmers -- The telecoupling approach to the global food system and climate change regime -- Genetic resources -- Plant adaptation to environmental stress -- Innovations in plant variety testing with entomological and statistical interventions -- Global resource flows in the food system -- Vertical farming -- Challenges and opportunities of digital technology in soil quality and land management research -- High quality fertilizers from biogas digestate -- Citizen driven food system approaches in cities -- ICT enabled agri food systems.