Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems: Current Challenges and Adaptation

Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems explains the causative factors of climate change related to agriculture, soil and plants, and discusses the relevant resulting mitigation process. Agricultural ecosystems include factors from the surrounding areas where agriculture experiences direct or indirect interaction with the plants, animals and microbes present. Changes in climatic conditions influence all the factors of agricultural ecosystems, which can potentially adversely affect their productivity. To fully understand the impact of climate change, attention must be focused on the unexplored causative agents and mitigating factors. This book summarizes the different aspects of vulnerability, adaptation and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and, ultimately, food security for the future. It also focuses on the utilization of information technology for the sustainability of the agricultural sector along with the capacity and adaptability of agricultural societies under climate change. Covers the impact of climate change on agricultural ecosystems including vulnerability, adaptation and mitigation for sustainable agriculture Focuses on issues related to plant systems, agriculture and microbes Explores the effects of greenhouse gases on plant metabolites, soil respiration, and microbial biomass

• | Author: Krishna Kumar Choudhary, Ajay Kumar, Amit Kishore Singh
• | Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• | Publication Date: May 09, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 482 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0128164832
• | ISBN-13: 9780128164839