Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change

This book deals with one of the major challenges facing human society and its governments, climate change and variability. The principal objective of the book is to explore how agricultural production through the actions primarily of farmers, including peasant farmers, adapt to these changing circum...

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Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Bryant, Christopher R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Sarr, Mamadou A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Délusca, Kénel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 1. Introduction (Christopher R. Bryant)
  • Part 1. Canada and France
  • 2. Agricultural Adaptation to Changing Environments: Lessons Learned from Farmers in Eastern Ontario, Canada (Michael Brklacich)
  • 3. Social Networks and the Diffusion of Innovative Practices to Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change and Variability in Quebec (Omarou Daouda)
  • 4. Climate Change and Corn Productivity in West Montérégie, Quebec: From Impacts Anticipation to Some Adaptation Potentialities (Kénel Delusca)
  • 5. The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in Québec and Ontario (Paul Thomassin)
  • 6. The Organizational Dimensions of Agricultural Adaptation: Experiences in Québec’s Market Garden Sector (Annie Choquette)
  • 7. Citizen Involvement and Volunteering Along the Acadian Coastline: Challenges for Integrated Management and Adaptation in the Context of Climate Change (Omer Chouinard)
  • 8. The Contribution of Agronomic Research to Innovation: The Experience of INRA-SAD In France (Christophe Solard)
  • Part 2. Africa
  • 9. Low frequency winter rainfall variability in the North West of Morocco (Ali Bellichi)
  • 10. Projections of Peanut Yields from 2011-2040 in Senegal Using Classification and Regression Trees (Mamadou Adama Sarr)
  • 11. Facing Climate Change through Sustainable Agriculture: Can Results from China be transferred to Africa? (Liette Vasseur)
  • 12. Adaptation Strategies in the Valley of the Senegal River: A Social Approach to Dealing with Climate Change in Senegal (Gabrielle Tremblay)
  • 13. Adaptations of the Agricultural Calendar and Agricultural Techniques to Climate Change in the Highlands of Cameroon (Rodrigue Aimé Feumba)
  • 14. Conclusion (Christopher R. Bryant).