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Agricultural systems in the 21st century /
Agriculture in this century is confronted with the challenges of ensuring global food security. Diminishing land and water resources, a rapid increase in population particularly in developing countries, and onset of climate change are the key limitations towards sustainability of the agriculture sec...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hauppauge, New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Global agriculture developments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Agricultural systems in the 21st century / |c editor: Amir Raza (Nuclear Institute of Agriculture (NIA), Pakistan). |
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| 500 | |a Includes index. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 COMBATING WATER SCARCITY FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. GENERAL CROP IMPROVEMENT SCENARIO; 3. THE FUTURISTIC CROP IMPROVEMENT FOUNDATION; 4. WATER REQUIREMENTS (NATIONAL FOCUS); CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION IN AGRICULTURE; ABSTRACT; 1. EVOLVING INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL COLLABORATION; 2. THE NATURE OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 3. BENEFITS FROM ENGAGING IN INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS4. KEY DRIVERS OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; 5. IMPEDIMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; 6. STRATEGIES ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 IMPACT OF LANSCAPE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN EROSION PRONE REGION OF RUSSIA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DEVELOPMENT OF LANDSCAPE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN RUSSIA; 3. OBJECTS AND METHODS OF RESEARCH; 4. LANDSCAPE SYSTEMS IMPACT ON SOIL FERTILITY; 5. CROP YIELD IN LANDSCAPE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 6. PRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL OF AGRO ECOSYSTEMS7. BIO ENERGY POTENTIAL OF AGRO LANDSCAPES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF USING NATURAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES; 8. PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY IN LANDSCAPE AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; 9. ENVIRONMENT AND POPULATION HEALTH ON TRANSFORMED TERRITORIES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE FOR GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 2. OVERVIEW OF FOOD SECURITY AND ASSOCIATED CONCEPTS; 2.9. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 RICE FARMING SYSTEMS AND WEED MANAGEMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES; ABSTRACT. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 1. INTRODUCTION2. RICE AND THE FARMING SYSTEMS; 3. CROP WEEDS AND WEED MANAGEMENT; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 MICRONUTRIENTS FOR IMPROVING SOIL AND HUMAN HEALTH ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MICRONUTRIENTS; 3. DIAGNOSIS OF ZINC DEFICIENCY; 4. FACTORS AFFECTING MICRONUTRIENT BIOAVAILABILITY; 5. ROLE OF ZINC IN HUMAN HEALTH; 6. APPROACHES TO OVERCOME ZINC DEFICIENCY IN HUMANS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7 BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR SUGARCANE IMPROVEMENT ; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. TISSUE CULTURE; 3. GENETIC ENGINEERING OF SUGARCANE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a CHAPTER 8 PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT WITHIN THE SUB-SAHARAN AGRICULTURAL MILIEUABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RURAL RAIL AND ROAD TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY; 3. TRANSFER OF NEW COMMUNICATION, POST HARVEST AND IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY IN RURAL AREAS; 4. GOVERNANCE, CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVATE SECTOR; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9 EFFICIENT USE OF NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR QUALITY WINE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE VITICULTURE; ABSTRACT; 1. SUSTAINABLE VITICULTURE: CONCEPT; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE VITICULTURE. | |
| 520 | |a Agriculture in this century is confronted with the challenges of ensuring global food security. Diminishing land and water resources, a rapid increase in population particularly in developing countries, and onset of climate change are the key limitations towards sustainability of the agriculture sector. The situation demands that we address the problems of agriculture using a system approach. This is a comprehensive book outlining the issues being faced by the agriculture sector worldwide. The book covers diversified topics including water scarcity, food security, international research collab. | ||
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