Managing water and agroecosystems for food security / (Record no. 45074)

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fixed length control field 02866nam a22002058a 4500
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ISBN 9781780640884 (alk. paper)
082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 577.55
Item number MAN
245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Managing water and agroecosystems for food security /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Eline Boelee.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ;
-- Boston, MA :
Name of publisher CABI,
Year of publication 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages p. cm.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series, 10
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note <br/>Introduction / E. Boelee ... [et al.]<br/>Drivers and challenges for food security / J. Barron, R.E. Tharme and M. Herrero<br/>Water-related ecosystem services and food security / D. Coates ... [et al.]<br/>Challenges to agroecosystem management / P.L. Pert ... [et al.]<br/>Water use in agroecosystems<br/>R. Fleiner ... [et al.]<br/>Drylands / E.M. Solowey ... [et al.]<br/>Wetland / M. Finlayson ... [et al.]<br/>Increasing water productivity in agriculture / K. Descheemaeker ... [et al.]<br/>Managing agroecosystem services / D.I. Jarvis ... [et al.]<br/>Water management for ecosystem health and food production / G.J. Lloyd ... [et al.]<br/>Management of water and agrosystems in landscapes for sustainable food security / E. Boelee ... [et al.]
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This book is the 10th volume in the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture Series. The book is structured to systematically show the relationships between ecosystems, water and food security, and to elaborate an ecosystem approach to sustainable agriculture. It contains chapters on the drivers of food security (Chapter 2) and provides analyses on ecosystems, agroecosystems, ecosystem services and their valuation (Chapters 3 and 4). Next, there is an analysis of the role of water in agriculture as well as analyses of water use and scarcity (Chapter 5). This is followed by discussions of the specific challenges in drylands (Chapter 6) and wetlands (Chapter 7); each of these chapters provides more insight into the reasons why an integrated ecosystem approach is required and what this should entail, giving practical recommendations for those vulnerable ecosystems. A discussion of the contributions that can be made by increased water productivity to a better joint management of agroecosystems and water follows in the next chapter (Chapter 8). Subsequently, Chapter 9 presents various approaches to the enhancement of ecosystem services in agriculture, with many concrete examples, while Chapter 10 provides more detail of the ecosystem approach to water management. Finally, the last chapter (Chapter 11) ends the book with a synthesis that embeds the key recommendations into a landscape approach, links this to ongoing initiatives and identifies knowledge gaps for further research
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Agricultural ecology.
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Topical Term Water in agriculture.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Food security.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Boelee, Eline.
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Koha item type Reference Books
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Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Accession Number Koha item type
Reference Main Library Main Library Reference 12/07/2023 Donation 13300.00 577.55 MAN 016442 Reference Books

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