Adaptive Agricultural Practices: Building Resilience in a Changing Climate - Couverture souple

Dubey, Pradeep Kumar; Singh, Gopal Shankar; Abhilash, Purushothaman Chirakkuzhyil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3030155188 ISBN 13 : 9783030155186

Editeur : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019

Synopsis

Provides state-of-the-art developments in adaptive agricultural practices
Gives detailed case studies on adaptive agriculture from around the world
Serves as an informative primer for students and agricultural experts

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Dubey is a senior research fellow in the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi, India. He received his bachelors in Botany, Chemistry and Zoology from Kamla Nehru Institute of Physical and Social Sciences, and masters in Environmental Sciences from Banaras Hindu University, and he is currently pursuing his PhD in Environmental Science and Technology at Banaras Hindu University. His main research interests include climate resilient agriculture, sustainable agriculture, resource conservation techniques, food security, and adaptive agricultural practices. He is a member of the Agro-ecosystem Specialist Group of Commission on Ecosystem Management, IUCN; Managing Editor of Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability and a regular reviewer for many international journals.

Dr. Gopal Shankar Singh is a professor in Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development at Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) in Varanasi, India and leading the Department and Faculty of Environment & Sustainable Development in the capacity of Head and Dean. He completed his masters from BHU and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interest includes natural resource management, biodiversity conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, ethnobotany, climate change, watershed management, sustainable development and bridging the gaps of natural sciences with social sciences component since last twenty five years. He is an expert member of several national and international scientific committees including UN-IPBES.

Dr. P.C. Abhilash is a senior assistant professor of sustainability science in the Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and Chair of the Agroecosystem Specialist Group of IUCN-Commission on Ecosystem Management. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) and his latest research interest includes land degradation and restoration, adaptive land management, nature-based solutions, climate resilient agriculture, indigenous and local knowledge (ILK), and ecosystem-based approaches for managing agrobiodiversity for food and nutritional security. He is an expert member of four IUCN commissions (CEM, CEC, SSC, & CEESP), IUCN Task Force on Oil Palm & Biodiversity, UN-FAO, UN-IPBES, UNDP-BES Network, UNFCCD, APN and International Resource Panel of UNEP. He is also serving the editorial board of Agronomy, Biodegradation, Biomass & Bioenergy, Energy, Ecology & Environment, Environmental Management, Land Degradation & Development, Land, Restoration Ecology, Sustainable Earth, and Tropical Ecology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3030155188
• ISBN 13: 9783030155186
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 150
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