Sustainable Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2020 
 - 1 online resource (300 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> The Anthropocene, the time of humans. Never has human influence on the functioning of the planet been greater or in more urgent need of mitigation. Climate change, the accelerated warming of the planet's surface attributed to human activities, is now at the forefront of global politics. The agriculture sector not only contributes to climate change but also feels the severity of its effects, with the water, carbon and nitrogen cycles all subject to modification as a result. Crop production systems are each subject to different types of threat and levels of threat intensity. There is however significant potential to both adapt to and mitigate climate change within the agricultural sector and reduce these threats. Each solution must be implemented in a sustainable manner and tailored to individual regions and farming systems. This Special Issue evaluates a variety of potential climate change adaptation and mitigation techniques that account for this spatial variation, including modification to cropping systems, Climate-Smart Agriculture and the development and growth of novel crops and crop varieties. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783039363827 9783039363834 books978-3-03936-383-4 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-03936-383-4  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Research & information: general<br/>Technology, engineering, agriculture
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>adaptation measures agriculture agriculture production anaerobic digestion APSIM atmospheric phytoremediation Bangladesh bioenergy biogas CanESM2 chill accumulation clean energy climate adaptation climate change climate change adaptation climate change impacts climate change-induced impacts climate-departure climate-smart agriculture CO2 fertilization CORDEX corn cost distribution crop breeding crop model crop suitability crop-climate departure crop-climate departure drought-prone low lands Ecocrop El Niņo ENSO environment type extreme value theory extreme weather farmer acceptance fertilizer food security future crop yields geographic information Georgia GHG greenhouse gas emissions Guatemala HadCM3 hydroclimatic hazard incentive measures income distribution industrial hemp inland valley development La Niņa life cycle assessment livelihood transformation livelihoods management practices mitigation techniques n/a N2O N2OR nitrous oxide reductase nosZ peaches perennial crops planting month precipitation radiative warming renewable energy technologies resilience return level rice rice field risk rural Sidama smallholder farmers SOI soil water South Carolina southern Ethiopia Southern Oscillation Index soybeans sustainability sustainable rice production temperature transgenic vulnerable region water control structure weather West Africa winter wheat yield