Sustainable Food Security in the Era of Local and Global Environmental Change
The final section discusses successful, innovative practices, with chapters on Food Security in Knowledge-Based Economy; Biosaline Agriculture in the Gulf States; Rice production in a cotton zone of Benin; palm oil in the production of biofuel; and experiments in raised-bed wheat production. The edi...
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2013, 2013
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013 |
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Table of Contents:
- 16 Food Security in Knowledge-Based Economy: Role of Trans-National Seed Corporations
- 17 Food Security Constraints and Role of Biosaline Agriculture in Meeting Food Demand in the Gulf States
- 18 Land Use Change and Food Security: Has Introduction of Rice Production in Cotton Zone in Benin Met Optimal Allocation of Resources by Households?
- 19 Oil Palm Expansion: Competing Claim of Lands for Food, Biofuels, and Conservation
- 20 Potential and Deployment of Innovative Raised Bed Over Conventional Planting System in Wheat (Triticum Aestivum l.) to Defeat Hunger
- Postface
- Index
- Part I Combating Food Insecurity: A Global Responsibility
- 1 Managing Food Systems, Climate Change and Related Challenges to Ensure Sustainable Food Security: The Urgent Need of a Paradigm and Policy Shift
- 2 The Meat Crisis: The ethical dimensions of animal welfare, climate change, and future sustainability
- 3 Dietary options for climate change mitigation
- 4 Linking Forests and Food Production in the REDD+ Context
- Part II Managing Linkages between Climate Change and Food Security
- 5 Gender, Climate Change and Household Food Security: A South Asian
- 6 The Threats of Climate Change: Implication for Food Crisis in sub Sahara Africa
- 7 Climate Change and Food Security in Kano Nigeria: A Model for Sustainable Food Production
- 8 Climate Change and Food Insecurity: Institutional Barriers to Adaptation of Marginal Groups in the Far-Western Region of Nepal
- 9 The Impacts of Climatic Variability and Change on Subsistent Crops in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Cameroon-Options for Adaptation
- Part III Food Security and Food Production and Consumption Patterns
- 10 Productive Potential of Urban Agriculture Towards Food Security: Evidence from Southwest Nigeria
- 11 The Role of Bahrain Local Production Systems in Ensuring Sustainable Food Security
- 12 General View Point, Perception and Acceptance of Organic Food Products among Urban Consumers in the Thai Marketplace
- 13 Food Diversity and Nutritional status in Schoolchildren in Morocco
- 14 Local or Indigenous Chicken Production: A Key to Food Security, Poverty Alleviation, Disease Mitigation and Socio-Cultural Fulfillment in Africa
- 15 Responding to Food Production Challenges at the Face of Global Warming at Community Level in Kenya: The Role of a Local University
- Part IV Enhancing Food Security by Innovation: Selected Successful Practices