Environmental Change and Food Security in China

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Huang McBeath, Jenifer (Συγγραφέας), McBeath, Jerry (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010.
• Σειρά: Advances in Global Change Research, 35
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Political science.; Agriculture.; Plant pathology.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Development economics.; Agricultural economics.; Life Sciences.; Agricultural Economics.; Development Economics.; Political Science.; Plant Pathology.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.

With 22 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its arable land, China’s food situation is a matter of global concern. Environmental Change and Food Security in China, is the first to introduce comprehensively the threats to China’s system of food production, distribution, and consum...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Communist Rule and the Food Security Situation
• Immediate Environmental Stressors on Food Security
• Near-Term Environmental Stressors: Climate Change
• Plant Diseases, Pests and Food Security
• Invasive Species and Food Security
• Biotechnological Responses to Food Security Needs
• The Legal and Institutional Framework to Address Food Security Needs
• Issues in Implementing Food Security in China
• Summary and Conclusions.