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This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further to provide innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change.
List of contents
1. Climate change impacts on agriculture: Challenges and options to reduce emissions through climate-neutral and resilient farming systems 2. Precision-based soil and nutrient management tools for enhancing soil health while reducing environmental footprint 3. Organizational alternate wetting and drying (AWD) irrigation management in rice by water user groups for reducing methane emission and water saving 4. Integrated pest management in rice and the potential to contribute to climate-neutral and resilient farming systems 5. System of rice intensification: Empowering farmers to work with nature to achieve productive, resilient and climate-neutral farming systems in rice-based landscapes 6. Direct seeded rice: A potential climate-neutral and resilient farming system 7. Carbon-neutral farming solutions in rice farming systems in Europe 8. Agroecological farming approaches that enhance resilience and mitigation to climate change in vulnerable farming systems 9. Transitioning toward climate-neutral and resilient smallholder farming systems: An institutional perspective 10. Enhancing and scaling climate-neutral and resilient farming systems: A summary and recommendations
About the author
Udaya Sekhar Nagothu is Research Professor and Director at the Centre for International Development, NIBIO (Norsk Institutt for Biookonomi/Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), Norway. He is the editor of The Bioeconomy Approach (2020), Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification (2018), Climate Change and Agricultural Development (2016) and Food Security and Development (2015).
Summary
This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further to provide innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change.
