Climate Change and Global Food Security

by Rattan Lal (Editor), Norman Uphoff (Editor), B.A. Stewart (Editor), David O. Hansen (Editor)

Overview

In order to feed their burgeoning populations, developing nations will need to double cereal production by the year 2050. This increase will have to come from existing land, as little potential exists for bringing new land under cultivation -- a daunting prospect when one realizes that increased use and significantly higher concentrations of carbon

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040204467
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/26/2005
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	808
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Rattan Lal, B. A. Stewart, Norman Uphoff, David O. Hansen

Table of Contents

Foreword. Preface. Global Food Security. Climate Change and Net Primary Productivity. Climate Change and Agronomic Production. Soil Carbon Dynamics and Farming/Cropping Systems. Policy and Economic Issues. Towards Research and Development Priorities. Appendices. Units and Conversions. Subject Index.