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Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Fostering Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change

This volume presents the outcome of an Agriculture Workshop organized by the Gulf Research Centre Cambridge (GRCC), and held at Cambridge University, UK during the Gulf Research Meeting 11-14 July 2012. Co-directed by the editors, the workshop, entitled “Environmental Cost and Changing Face of Agric...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Shahid, Shabbir A. (Editor), Ahmed, Mushtaque (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Subjects:
Environmental Sciences
Hydrology
Climate Sciences
Pollution
Environment
Climatology
Water
Agriculture
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Changing Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
  • Chapter 2 Achieving Food Security in a Changing Climate: The Potential of Climate-Smart Agriculture
  • Chapter 3 Prospects of Agriculture in the State of Kuwait-Constraints and Opportunities
  • Chapter 4 Improved Water Use Efficiency is a Key Practice to Sustain Food Production in the GCC Countries
  • Chapter 5 The Potential of Transforming Salalah into Oman’s Vegetable’s Basket
  • Chapter 6 Climate Changes, Water Scarcity and Food Security Complex: A case Study from Bahrain
  • Chapter 7 Opportunities and Challenges of Using Treated Wastewater in Agriculture
  • Chapter 8 Investments in Foreign Agriculture as a Gulf State Food Security Strategy: Towards Better Policy
  • Chapter 9 Impact of Food Prices, Income and Income Distribution on Food Security in Oman Hemesiri
  • Chapter 10 Agricultural Research and Development and Food Security in the Gulf Region
  • Index

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