Crop Adaptation to Climate Change

by Hermann Lotze-Campen, Jerry L. Hatfield, Shyam S. Yadav, et al.

A major task of our time is to ensure adequate food supplies for the world's current population (now nearing 7 billion) in a sustainable way while protecting the vital functions and biological diversity of the global environment. The task of providing for a growing population is likely to be even more difficult in view of actual and potential changes in climatic conditions due to global warming, and as the population continues to grow. Current projections...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813820162
• ISBN13: 9780813820163
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.5" x 9.8"