商品簡介
This book deals with ways and means of managing food and water security in various agroclimatic environments through the integration of R & D, training, people participation, agronomic practices, economic instruments, and administrative policies. It includes contributions by global experts in the field, who elaborate on the governance of food security, the biophysical dimensions of more food per drop, as well as on the socioeconomic dimensions of food security. Subjects are presented grouped in three sections: 1. Biophysical Dimensions of Food Security; 2. Socioeconomic Dimensions of Food Security and 3. Governance of Food Security in Different Agroclimatic and Socioeconomic settings. Recommended reading for professionals, water and agricultural scientists, engineers, planners and policy makers in the field of food and water security.
作者簡介
Professor U. Aswathanarayana has many years of research and teaching experience at institutes in many countries (Andhra and Sagar Universities in India, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique, California Institute of Technology, USA ; Oxford University, U.K., and the University of Western Ontario, Canada. He received his B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., and D.Sc. degrees from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India. He specialized in Nuclear Geology, Geochemistry, U. Aswathanarayana has many years of international research and teaching experience in the fields of Geology, Geochemistry, Economic Geology and Natural Resources Management. A pioneer in the high-tech area of Isotope Geology, it was his exposure to the desperate human problems endemic in Africa which inspired him to refocus the applications of geoscience to the field of human welfare. During twenty years in Africa, he devoted himself exclusively to developing ways of utilizing natural resources (water, soils and minerals) to improve the quality of life of the people through job-led economic growth. In Africa, he also trained geoscience personnel and developed geoscience infrastructure. Professor Aswathanarayana is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 International Award for serving science and society in less developed countries. His most recent publication, co-edited with Tad S. Murty and Niru Nirupama, is the book 'The Indian Ocean Tsunami', published also by Taylor & Francis.
目次
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
