Food and Water Security

ISBN: 9780415440189 出版年：2007 页码：361 CRC Press

Section 1 : Biophysical Dimensions of food security * Remote Sensing of irrigated agriculture * Remote sensing of soil parameters in relation to the productivity of food crops * Crop production forecasting through remote sensing * Agrobiotechnology in relation to food security Development of drought - and salinity-tolerant crop varieties * Preparation of hydroclimatic calendar * Soil microorganisms in relation to soil productivity * Soil geochemistry in relation to soil productivity * Conservation of soil moisture in relation to soil productivity * Soil Health cards * How to do with less water * Irrigated agriculture for food security * Use of wastewater and brackish water in irrigation * The SRI method of producing more rice with less water * Aerobic rice * Quality of food in relation to the quality of irrigation water * Rainfed Agriculture * Overview and Integration Section 2. Socioeconomic Dimensions of food security * Fermented foods * Food preferences * Food consumption in relation to irrigation water demand * Availability, Acceptability and Accessibility of food * Micro-enterprises and food security * Water harvesting and administration * Techno-socio-economic policy on Food Security * Technology Transfer modalities * Implementation level - Role of Village Knowledge Centres * Overview and Integration Editor Section 3 Governance of food security in different agro climatic and socioeconomic settings * Knowledge-based strategies to achieve food security * China : Governance of food security, with reference to farming in loess areas * India: Governance of food security, with reference to farming in the alluvial areas * Brazil : Governance of food security in the tropical rainforest area of Amazonia * Mozambique: Governance of food security in an IDC in Sub-Saharan Africa * Trinidad and Tobago : Governance of food security, with reference to seafood * Overview and Integration