Agroclimatology

Agroclimatology
Author: Jerry L. Hatfield
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2020-01-22
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0891183574

Can we unlock resilience to climate stress by better understanding linkages between the environment and biological systems? Agroclimatology allows us to explore how different processes determine plant response to climate and how climate drives the distribution of crops and their productivity. Editors Jerry L. Hatfield, Mannava V.K. Sivakumar, and John H. Prueger have taken a comprehensive view of agroclimatology to assist and challenge researchers in this important area of study. Major themes include: principles of energy exchange and climatology, understanding climate change and agriculture, linkages of specific biological systems to climatology, the context of pests and diseases, methods of agroclimatology, and the application of agroclimatic principles to problem-solving in agriculture.

Guide to Sources for Agricultural and Biological Research

Guide to Sources for Agricultural and Biological Research
Author: J. Richard Blanchard
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 748
Release: 2023-07-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520328736

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.

Eco-friendly Agro-biological Techniques for Enhancing Crop Productivity

Eco-friendly Agro-biological Techniques for Enhancing Crop Productivity
Author: Rakesh Singh Sengar
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2018-03-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9811069344

As the world population is exploding and alongside fluctuations in climate is also prevalent, there is an increasing stress on the food requirements of the population. We have an urgent necessity to produce more food in the limited agricultural land. Further, to feed 7 billion people there is a requirement of high yielding crops, without harming environment and limiting the use of unnecessary pesticide and chemical fertilizers. Therefore it has become crucial to develop agri-bio-techniques which are environment friendly and also give high crop productivity. Many countries are evaluating the utility of biotechnology and its role in addressing problems of food security and poverty. Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing and production of materials by utilising biological agents. These agents are exploited to provide goods and services. Agricultural biotechnology encompasses a growing list of techniques that range from simple probes to determine a relevant gene from the complete genome to manipulating genes for a desired outcome. Many other popular methods used in the realm of agricultural technology are – gene integration, Marker-assisted breeding, Tissue culture, Gene profiling or association mapping, Metabolomics etc. The fundamental challenge facing the scientific community is how to devise innovative strategies that will bring all developed as well as developing countries into the “biological fold” and to do so in ways that will take full advantage of advances in the biological sciences to curb poverty, improve public health, and promote human development. This book contains information on eco-friendly techniques for high crop productivity and it is a myriad of different techniques and technology used to sustain productivity in crop plants. There are fewer books focusing on large-scale organic farming, molecular farming etc. Multidisciplinary research and literature is needed to deliver knowledge and products into the marketplace which fulfil these requirements. The present book is a collection of literature contributed by experts, scientists, professors, and researchers from around the world, it emphasizes work of concerned scientist and his choice of techniques used for enhancement of agricultural production. This book analyses the use of modern techniques to increase crop yields, production, and risk of hunger linked to socioeconomic scenarios.

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OTS.
Author: United States. Department of Commerce. Office of Technical Services
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 1962
Genre:
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Famine Early Warning Systems

Famine Early Warning Systems
Author: Peter Walker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134070934

Is it possible to see famines coming, to be prepared and to save possibly hundreds of thousands of lives? Or is this the wrong question? A famine is not a single natural catastrophe: it has different stages. Many societies have sophisticated strategies for coping – but these are becoming dramatically limited. Famine Early Warning System is about the people who are caught up in the process of famine. Peter Walker looks at how they perceive their predicament and what they do to avert mass starvation: and at what genuinely useful help can be offered in order to prevent irreversible disaster. Originally published in 1989

Climatology of West Africa

Climatology of West Africa
Author: Derek F Hayward
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-10-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 100069223X

Originally published in 1987, this book brings together information previously buried in specialist sources and makes it available to the student in a non-technical and well-illustrated synthesis. It builds a clear and detailed picture of the climates of West Africa, describing and explaining them and showing how crucial this understanding is to everyday life. The climate’s relevance to water resources, agriculture, health and industry is systematically considered.

Earth Resources

Earth Resources
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 988
Release: 1978
Genre: Astronautics in earth sciences
ISBN: