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• Fundamentals of Tree and Vine Physiology
• Mechanical Management of Modern Planar Fruit Tree Canopies
• Orchard Water Management
• Vineyard Water Management
• Pests and diseases management
• Advanced Technologies for Crop-load Management
• Mechanical Harvesting
• Autonomous Platforms
• Management Information Systems and Emerging Technologies
• Economic and Societal Aspects.

Modern tree fruit orchards and vineyards constitute complex production systems that are exposed to highly dynamic and stochastic natural, financial and societal forces, and face demands for increased production using fewer resources, with reduced environmental impact. Successful operation of orchards and vineyards under these conditions is practically impossible without careful and extensive use of state-of-the-art automation technologies and careful planning of future operations (e.g., training systems when replanting) that can be enabled by knowledge of emerging technologies and future trends. Also, improvement of existing automation technologies and development of novel future systems cannot be accomplished without a working understanding of the tree and vine biological production systems, their management needs, and the capabilities and limitations of existing automation systems. The book aims to provide the necessary knowledge to achieve the above goals in a way that can engage readers without engineering or horticultural backgrounds. .

• Section 1 An introduction to nanoagriculture, agronanobiotechnology and nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 1. Nanoagriculture: Advantages and drawbacks.-
• Chapter 2. Agronanobiotechnology: present and prospect.-
• Chapter 3. Nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 4. Cutting-edge technologies in agriculture without hampering sustainable development.-
• Section 2 Nanoagriculture.-
• Chapter 5. Controlled Delivery of Elements, Molecules, Genetic Material, or Organisms.-
• Chapter 6. Nanosensors for crop management.-
• Chapter 7. Nanotechnology for pest management.-
• Chapter 8. Nanotechnology in water and wastewater treatment.-
• Chapter 9. The contribution of the nanotechnology to the farmer wellbeing.-
• Section 3 Agronanobiotechnology.-
• Chapter 10. Magnetofection for plant breeding.-
• Chapter 11. Nano and OMICs technologies.-
• Chapter 12. Interactions between nanomaterials and plant-microbe partnership.-
• Chapter 13. Nanobiological pest control.-
• Section 4 Nanoremediation.-
• Chapter 14 Nanoremediation of heavy metals in agricultural soils.-
• Chapter 15 Nanoremediation of organic pollutants.-
• Chapter 16 Phytobial remediation.-
• Chapter 17 Nanobioremediation.-
• Section 5 Ecological impacts.-
• Chapter 18 Nanomaterials in the human food chain.-
• Chapter 19 Nanotechnological achievements and the environmental degradation.-
• Chapter 20 Accumulation of engineered nanomaterials in soil, water and air.-
• Chapter 21 Collateral effects of nanopollution on human and environmental health.
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This book highlights the best practices regarding nanoscience and nanotechnology for agriculture and environmental sectors to shape sustainable development thought to improve the quality and quantity of the agriculture products and to decrease the collateral effect of nanotechnology in the ecosystems. Besides, leading nanotechnologies are showed and discussed to guarantee their proper management in lands and ecosystems. Therefore, nanotechnologies such as agronanobiotechnology, nanofertilization, pest control, magnetofection for plant breeding, plant molecular farming, OMICs technologies, phytonanotechnology, nanoremediation, etc. are described in five sections and 21 chapters. Undoubtedly it is an ideal and updated book for undergraduate or postgraduate students, and scientists or researchers involved in nanoscience, nanotechnology, crop production, and remediation technologies as well as for those researchers that solving technical problems regarding the crop management and the human and environmental health without hampering the pursuit of sustainable development goals.
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• 1. Sustainable Agro-Bioeconomy After Covid
• -19: Nineteen Utopian and Dystopian Scenarios for the World and Turkey
• 2. Organic Systems Under Major Changes - A Deep Crisis in the Management of the Organic World of Our Planet - New Tasks for Foresight: An Opinion Paper
• 3. Universal access to vaccines
• 4. Peptide production by molecular farming with antiviral effects
• 5. An assessment of smallholder farmers status in the Umzinyathi and Harry Gwala districts in Kwazulu Province, South Africa
• 6. Using Geospatial Technologies to manage through COVID-19
• 7. Potential Constraint of Rainfall Availability on the Establishment and Expansion of Agroforestry in the Joe Gqabi, Alfred Nzo and OR Tambo Districts, Eastern Cape in South Africa
• 8. The Establishment of Agricultural Biotechnology in Bangladesh
• 9. Strategic Tropical Natural Resources Management and Household Socio-Economic Resilience due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 10. The Healing and Bioeconomic Prospect of Tropical Ecosystems due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• 11. Towards the fifth agricultural innovation era
• 12. The role of collaboration and entrepreneurship in strengthening the participation of primary producers in the bioeconomy
• 13. Biofuel Co-products for Livestock Feed
• 14. Education and training in agriculture and the Bioeconomy: learning from each other
• 15. Urban Agriculture and Agro - Environment: A Case Study of Homestead Food Gardeners in the City of Tshwane, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
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Agricultural Bioeconomy: Innovation and Foresight in the Post-COVID Era presents recent advancements in biotechnology, exploring the optimal utilization of technologies to provide rapid and impactful economic recovery and sustainable resources in a future that will bear the mark of COVID-19. Understanding that there is a necessary balance between risk and reward, this book provides a foundational hypothesis as well as operational direction for addressing the commercialization and regulatory issues in a bio-based economy where agricultural output is at the core. By presenting adaptable practices to successfully establish and progress agri-based global bioeconomies, the book features a new paradigm focused on technological foresight and response to future risks and disasters. Key considerations include assessing and managing the urban bioeconomy, climate change mitigation, biofuels and bioenergy, GMOs, and employment generation. This book provides the solid next step toward future-proofing global economies using a combination of agricultural technologies and economic goals. Professionals and advanced students focused on the production of renewable biological resources and their conversion into value-added products including food, feed, bio-based products, and bioenergy will find this book useful.
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• Chapter 1. A model for developing a well-prepared agricultural workforce in Arab countries
• Chapter 2. Establishing and managing successful agricultural education programs at universities and secondary technical schools in the Arab countries
• Chapter 3. Agricultural education in Egypt: a case study
• Chapter 4. Community colleges and universities in the Arab countries
• Chapter 5. Workforce skills and agribusiness needs for development in Arab countries: minding the gap
• Chapter 6. Active learning strategies in higher education in the Arab world
• Chapter 7. Education, community, industry: partnerships for agricultural development
• Chapter 8. Establishing career advancement centers in Egypt's faculties of agriculture for human resources career development
• Chapter 9. Advancing sustainable development through teacher professional development
• Chapter 10. Improving teaching and learning of ornamental and medicinal plants in the Arab countries
• Chapter 11. Food security and the future role of agricultural extension in building agricultural human capital in the Arab countries
• Chapter 12. The perspectives of higher agricultural education in the gulf cooperation council countries

"This book, with an emphasis on the Arab world, provides the reader with all the essential knowledge, know-how and ways and means to enhance all elements of agricultural secondary, post-secondary, and university education programs to effectively prepare students for successful careers in global agriculture, multi-national food supply chains and natural resource management"-- Provided by publisher

"This open access book presents the findings from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in March 2011. This fourth volume in the series reports on studies undertaken at contaminated sites such as farmland and forests, focusing on soil, water, mountain, agricultural products, and animals. It also provides additional data collected in the subsequent years to show how the radioactivity levels in agricultural products and their growing environments have changed with time and the route by which radioactive materials entered agricultural products as well as their movement between different components (e.g., soil, water, and trees) within an environmental system (e.g., forests). The book covers various topics, including radioactivity testing of food products; decontamination trials for rice and
livestock production; the state of contamination in, trees, mushrooms, and timber; the dynamics of radioactivity distribution in paddy fields and upland forests; damage incurred by the forestry and fishery industries; and the change in consumers' attitudes. In the series of this book, a real-time radioisotope imaging system has been introduced, a pioneering technique to visualize the movement of cesium in soil and in plants. This is the only book to provide systematic data on the actual change of radioactivity, which is of great value to all researchers who wish to understand the effect of radioactive fallout on agriculture. In addition, it helps the general public better understand radio-contamination issues in the environment. The project is ongoing; the research groups from the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of The University of Tokyo continue their work in the field further to evaluate the long-term effects of the Fukushima accident." -- Provided by publisher.

• Stimulating the Export of Organic Products.- Risks in Animal Feeding and Digital Methods of Their Analysis.- Specific Approaches to Robotic Milking with Different Cow Movement Systems.- Fish-Breeding Technological Cadastre as a Mechanism for the Development of Aquaculture in the Kaliningrad Region.- Towards the Managed Transition to Organic Agriculture: Searching for a Strategic Model.- Smart Technologies in Bio-Intensive Organic Agriculture.
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This book includes selected papers from the Second International Conference on Agriculture Digitalization and Organic Production (ADOP 2022), held in St. Petersburg, Russia, during June 06-08, 2022. The topics covered in the book are ground robotic systems in crop production, unmanned aerial vehicles in crop production, aerospace monitoring tools in crop production, robotic animal husbandry, digitalization of technological processes of agricultural production, evaluation of the effectiveness of digital technologies for the production of organic products, rational nature management and ecology in agricultural production, technologies for the production of organic agricultural products, market analysis of organic agricultural products, and legal aspects of organic production.
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• Assessment Of Biological Activities Of Various Phytochemicals Isolated From Passion Fruit Bagasse
• Indigenous Soybean Cultivars of North East India: Source of Protein and Product Development for Climate Smart Foods
• A Review Of Bioactive Compounds And Maillard Reaction-Based Products Generated During Thermal Treatment Of Garlic
• Optimality Of Process Parameters During Refractance Window Drying Of Ginger
• Techno-Economic Efficacy Of Refractance Window Dried Curcuma Longa.

This book focuses on sustainable agro and food technologies for the northeast region of India and provides holistic insights into relevant and contextual scientific and technical advances in the agro-food sector. Agriculture is an important livelihood avenue for many residents of northeast India. Low-cost scientific and technological intervention can transform agricultural farm produces and generate farm waste into processed value-added products. This book will serve as a valuable resource to further enhance the linkage between managerial aspects and technological knowledge systems in this field and eventually catalyse potential knowledge frameworks for the long-term prosperity and sustainability of bio-diversity-rich North-east India. It emphasizes the research culture that needs to be adopted for the most relevant food and agro-processing technologies for the sustainable growth and prosperity of the region.

• Part I: Progress Towards Sustainable Intensification and Climate Change
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Agroforestry for Sustaining the Global Agriculture in Changed Environment
• Chapter 2. Agroforestry Matches the Evolving Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Agenda in Asia and Africa
• Chapter 3. Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration in Africa: Evidence for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Drylands
• Chapter 4. Urban and Peri-urban Agroforestry to Sustain Livelihood and Food Security in the Face of Global Environmental Change and Epidemic Threats
• Part II. Landscape Restoration and Combating Desertification
• Chapter 5. Agroforestry for Climate Change Resilience in Degraded Landscapes
• Chapter 6. The Great Green Wall Initiatives and Opportunities for Integration of Dryland Agroforestry to Mitigate Desertification
• Chapter 7. Silvopastoral Systems on Degraded Lands for Soil Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change Mitigation
• hapter 8. Utilization of Saline and Other Poor-quality Waters to Sustain Agroforestry Production
• Chapter 9. Potential of Agroforestry Systems for Food Security, Climate Change Mitigation, Landscape Restoration and Disaster Risk Reduction in Nepal
• Part III: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
• Chapter 10. The Role of Agroforestry Systems for Enhancing Biodiversity and Provision of Ecosystem Services in Agricultural Landscapes in Southeast Asia
• Chapter 11. Potentials of Indigenous Fruit Trees in Enhancing Nutrition, Income and Biodiversity Conservation in African Agroforestry
• Chapter 12. Ethnic Homestead Gardens: Diversity, Management and Conservation
• Chapter 13. Agroforestry for Plant Diversity and Livelihood Security in Southwest Asia
• Chapter 14. Achieving Biodiversity Conservation, Livelihood Security and Sustainable Development Goals through Agroforestry in Coastal and Island Regions of India and South East Asia
• Chapter 15. Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services of the Agroforestry Systems of the Himalayan Region: An Overview
• Chapter 16. Soil Biodiversity and Litter Decomposition in Agroforestry Systems of the Tropical Regions of Asia and Africa
• Part IV: Analytical Approaches and Policy Perspective
• Chapter 17. Agroforestry Suitability Mapping: A Geospatial Approach for Quantifying Land Potential for Intensification
• Chapter 18. Agroforestry as a Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategic Interventions, Current Practices and Policies
• Chapter 19. Agroforestry as a Key Intervention to Achieve Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Targets
• Chapter 20. Potential of Traditional Agroforestry Systems for Intensification of Agriculture and Meeting Global Goals: Lessons from Asia and Africa
• Chapter 21. A Framework for Analysing Spatial Patterns and Extent of Influence by Single Trees on Ecosystem Properties in Agroforestry
• Chapter 22. Integrating Moringa oleifera and Moringa stenopetala in Agroforestry for Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change in Asia and Africa
• Chapter 23. Payment for Ecosystem Services from Agroforestry: Case Studies and Lessons
• Chapter 24. Agroforestry for Sustaining Industrial Raw Materials: Experience from a Value Chain Leveraged Consortium Model
• Chapter 25. Synthesis: Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa.

This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.

This volume gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of biosystems engineering, as presented at the 12th Conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering (AIIA), held in Palermo, Italy, on September 19-22, 2022. Focusing on the challenges of improving the resilience of agriculture, forestry and food systems in the post-Covid era, it shows how the research has addressed the following topics: Monitoring and modelling hydraulic and hydrological processes in agriculture and forestry systems; Challenges in stream rehabilitation and soil conservation strategies; Sustainable water resource management under climate change scenarios; Planning safe, healthy and resilient territorial, built and green systems; Cultural heritage preservation and rural landscape protection, planning and management; Plant and livestock production processes and technologies. Healthy and Organic farming. Animal welfare; Energy, waste and by-products smart use; Post-harvest logistics and food chain structures technology; Applications and experiences in smart agriculture and forestry; One Health, management and standardization for agriculture and forestry machinery and structures; Big data, machine learning and data hub in biosystems engineering. The contributions were selected by a rigorous peer-review process, and offer an extensive and multidisciplinary overview of the research in the field of biosystems engineering for sustainable agriculture

• Agro-biodiversity across the food chain Emerging risks to plant health Future-proofing Plants against Climate Change- A path to ensure Sustainable Food Systems The role of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable food production: The soybean example (Alternative approaches to pesticide use): Plant-derived pesticides Antimicrobial use in animal food production Impacts of environment-friendly unit operations on the functional properties of bee pollen Microbiome applications for sustainable food systems Healthier and sustainable food systems: integrating underutilised crops in a 'Theory of Change Approach Alternative proteins for food and feed.
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In recent decades, practices like the cultivation of a few high-yielding crop varieties on a large scale, the application of heavy machinery and continued mechanization of agriculture, the removal of natural habitats, and the application of pesticides and synthetics have resulted in the simplification of agro-ecosystems. This has enabled a substantial increase in food production but has at the same time transformed landscapes. Indeed, there is a concern that a decline in biodiversity has affected microbiome activities that support processes across soils, plants, animals, the marine environment, and humans. Although they have increased food production, the above practices cannot be considered sustainable in long-term applications. Biodiversity, Functional Ecosystems, and Sustainable Food Production explore ecosystems in terms of crop and animal production, pest and disease control, nutrient cycling, and soil fertility. Chapters range from agro-biodiversity to antimicrobial use in animal food production to microbiome applications for sustainable food systems and the impacts of environment-friendly unit operations on the functional properties of bee pollen. By examining such topics about each other, the text emphasizes how food production, ecosystem function, food quality, and consumer health are all interconnected.
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• List of Contributors Foreword Preface Chapter 1 Climate change and Agriculture: State of the Art, Challenges, and Perspectives Imran, Noureddine Benkeblia, Amanullah, and Abdel Rehman Altawaha Chapter 2 Climate-Smart Plants Combat Climate Change and Liable for Food Security Imran, Amanullah, and Abdel- Rehman Altawaha Chapter 3 Adapting Crops to Climate Change Abdel Rahman M.S. Al-Tawaaha, Samia Khanum, Noureddine Benkeblia, Amanullah, Imran, Shah Khaled, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Mousumi Mondal, Nidal Odat, Abhijit Dey, Nujoud Alimad, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha , Saher Islam, and Mohammad Shatnawi Chapter 4 Role of Biotechnology in Climate-Resilient Agriculture Abdel Rahman M.S. Al-Tawaaha, Rachid Mrabet, Mina Bayanati, Banothu Santhosh, Noureddine Benkeblia, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khaled, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Hiba Alatrash, Yaman Jabbour, Abhijit Dey, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha and Saher Islam Chapter 5 Breeding Crops for Tolerance to Salinity, Heat and Drought Abdel Rahman M.S. Al-Tawaha*, Nidal Odat, Noureddine Benkeblia, Naila Kerkoub, ZinebLabidi, Mahyeddine Boumendjel, Hichem Nasri, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khaled, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Mina Bayanati, Hiba Alatrash, Abhijit Dey, Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeethaand Saher Islam Chapter 6 Innovative approaches in breeding of climate-resilient crops Sandra Cvejic, Sinisa Jocic, Goran Bekavac, Milan Mirosavljevic, Ana Marjanovic Jeromela, Miroslav Zoric, Aleksandra Radanovic, Ankica Kondic-Spika, Dragana Miladinovic
• Chapter 7 Challenges of Soil Fertility under Changing Climate and its opposing components Imran, Amanullah, Ibrahim Ortas, Tariq Mahmood, Muhammad Arif, Abdel- Rehman Altawaha and Mohammad Ilyas Chapter 8 The declining trend of Soil Fertility with Climate Change and its solution Imran, Amanullah and Ibrahim Ortas Chapter 9 Nano-Black Carbon is an Organic Tool for the Alleviation of Abiotic Stresses and its Certain Damages under Changing Climate Imran, Amanullah, Muhammad Arif, Abdel-Rehman Altawaha, and Tariq Mahmood Chapter 10 Biological Nitrogen Fixation in Non-Legume Plant and Changing Climate Abdel Rahman M.S. Al Tawaaha, Pratibha Vyas, Arun Karnwalc Noureddine Benkeblia, Swapnil Ganesh Sanmukh, Eduard Torrents Serra, Imran, Amanullah, Shah Khaled, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Abhijit Dey, Nujoud Alimad, , Devarajan Thangadurai, Jeyabalan Sangeetha, Saher Islam, Mohammad Shatnawi, Chapter 11 Role of Phosphorus in Imparting Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants Bhaswati Baroowa, Sreyashi Paul and Nirmali Gogoi Chapter 12 Climate Change and Cereal Production Abdel Rahman M.S. Al-Tawaha, Javeid Ahmed Dar, Amreena Sultan, Noureddine Benkeblia, Amanullah, Imran, Shah Khaled, Abdel Razzaq Al- Tawaha, Nidal Odat, Hiba Alatrash Chapter 13 Impact of climate change on tea cultivation and adaptation strategies: Special emphasis on tea pests in North East India Azariah Babu, Somnath Roy, Rupanjali Deb Baruah, Bhabesh Deka, Kamruza Z. Ahmed , Sourajit Bayen and Suman Sarkar Chapter 14 Impact of Climate Change on Integrated Pest Management Strategies Sonja Gvozdenac, Bosko Dedic, Sanja Mikic, Jelena Ovuka, Dragana Miladinovic
• Chapter 15 Climate Change and its Effects on Plant Viruses Aarshi Srivastava, Vineeta Pandey and R.K.Gaur Chapter 16 Green chemistry in sustainable use of agrowaste Pratibha Deka, Mayuree Gohain, Nilutpal Bhuyan, Nirmali Gogoi, Rupam Kataki2 Chapter 17 Assessing Satellite-Based Products in Characterizing Agricultural Drought Under Climate Change in Northeast Brazil Franklin Paredes-Trejo, Humberto Alves Barbosa, Jason Giovannettone, T.V. Lakshmi Kumar, Manoj Kumar Thakur, Catarina de Oliveira Buriti and Jose Prieto Chapter 18 Understanding smallholder farmers' perceptions of and adaptations to climate change: The case of the Zambezi region, Namibia. Lee-Ann Steenkamp and Winnie Thebuho Index
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Climate Change and Agriculture Authoritative and comprehensive resource covering climate-smart agriculture with key insights into its implementation Climate Change and Agriculture provides a complete overview of the development of sustainable agroecosystems and cropping systems and details how to improve the resilience of cultivated crops and cropping systems to the adverse conditions of the climate, such as drought, increasing levels of carbon dioxide, global warming, and many other secondary effects such as soils fertility depletion, uncommon disease, and pests. Additionally, the text suggests different agricultural practices to face the severity of frequency of the natural events. Climate Change and Agriculture also delves into the different climate-resilient methods and climate-smarter agriculture (CSA) for food production by building healthier soils through different sustainable practices, redesigning diverse agroecosystems, and developing new crop varieties, livestock breeds, and farm practices. Insight into how modern technology has affected the field, and how it may affect the field in the future, is included. Other topics discussed in Climate Change and Agriculture include: Climate change and agriculture (state of the art, challenges, and perspectives), plus studies on crop yields and their extreme value analysis over India Symbiosis for food security and sustainability in changing climate and emerging issues related to conservation agriculture in Africa The role of periurban agriculture in sustainability and climate change, with additional information on nutrient management in agro-ecosystems Soil fertility management and biofertilization in changing climate and biochar mitigating abiotic stress-induced damages under changing climate For academics and students; seed, fertilizer, and chemical producers; farmers and farming communities; and policy makers, Climate Change and Agriculture contains invaluable insights into the subject that are helpful in understanding the current state of the field and preparing for potential future developments.
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• Intro
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Abbreviations
• Part I: Climate Change Concepts and Issues for Developing Countries
• Global Framework on Climate Change
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Global Impact of Climate Change on Crop Phenology
• 3 Global Climate Change Impact on Crop Productivity
• 4 Global Climate Change Impact on Quality
• 5 United Nations Framework on Climate Change
• 5.1 Kyoto Protocol Signatories and Emission Targets
• 5.2 A History of Negotiations on Climate Change

• 5.3 Climate Change International Framework: Outline
• 6 Conclusions
• References
• Conceptual Elucidation of Climate Change for Developing Countries
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Major Indicators of Climate Change
• 2.1 Rise in Temperatures
• 2.2 Heavy Precipitation
• 2.3 Melting of Glaciers
• 2.4 Drought
• 2.5 Decreasing Snow Fall and Rising Sea Level
• 2.6 Greenhouse Effect
• 2.6.1 Impact of Climate Change on Different Sectors
• 2.6.2 Forest Sector
• 2.6.3 Pest and Diseases
• 2.6.4 Water Resources
• 2.6.5 Livestock Sector

• 2.6.6 Effect of Climate Changes on Human and Natural Environment
• 3 Limiting Factors That Intensify Climate Risks in the Developing Countries
• 4 Effect of Global Climate Change on Developing Countries
• 4.1 Effect of Global Climate Change in Pakistan
• 4.1.1 Observed Changes in Climate (Meteorological Facts)
• 4.1.2 Pakistan Meteorological Department Observations
• 4.1.3 Impacts of Climate Change
• Economic Impacts
• 4.2 Effect of Global Climate Change in India
• 4.2.1 Factors That Influence the Climate of India
• Latitudinal Location
• Distance from the Ocean

• Monsoon Winds and Indian Climate
• 4.3 Effect of Global Climate Change in India
• 4.3.1 Economic Impact
• 4.3.2 Agriculture
• 4.3.3 Health Impacts
• 5 Adaptation to Future Climate Change
• 5.1 Developing Countries Vulnerability to Climate Change
• 5.1.1 Vulnerability to Climate Change
• 5.1.2 Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change
• 5.2 Climate Change Policies for Developing Countries
• 6 Climate Change Mitigation Strategies Adopted by Pakistan Government
• 6.1 Forestry
• 6.2 The Major Activities Are Given as Follows
• 6.2.1 Ten Billion Tree Tsunami Program (TBTTP)

• 6.2.2 Seasonal Tree Planting Campaigns
• 6.2.3 Seasonal Tree Planting Campaigns
• 6.2.4 Clean Green Pakistan Index
• 6.2.5 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Participation
• 6.2.6 Preparation of Pakistan's National Drought Plan
• 6.2.7 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)
• 6.2.8 Declaration of Marine Protected Areas
• 6.3 Measures to Protect Environment
• 6.4 Reducing GHG Emissions from Agriculture and Land Use Change
• 6.4.1 Background
• 6.4.2 Introduction
• 6.5 Reduction of Emission Through New Technologies

This book offers perspective on climate change impacts on developing nations from scholars within those nations, primarily focusing on agriculture. Throughout three parts containing a total of over twenty chapters from scholars in developing countries, it aims to offer guidelines for researchers, policymakers, and farmers themselves on how developing countries can achieve sustainable food security and continue development on a sustainable basis. Part I covers climate change concepts and issues for developing countries; Part II offers chapters dealing with social issues surrounding climate change and agriculture; Part III addresses practical policies that can be implemented to work toward achieving the goals described above. Agriculture is a key sector in developing countries in terms of economic growth and social well-being. Adapting and building resilience to climate change means increasing agricultural productivity and incomes and reducing greenhouse gases emissions. This volume represents an effort toward collecting knowledge on the technical, policy and investment measures to achieve sustainable agricultural growth in the sectors of grain, fruit, vegetable, fiber, feed, livestock, fisheries and forest under climate change in one place

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Institutions and State Policies
• Chapter 3: Knowledge Network
• Chapter 4: Experimentation
• Chapter 5: Didactics
• Chapter 6: Conclusion

The late eighteenth century and subsequent Napoleonic Era witnessed a turning point in the establishment of agricultural science as a well-defined discipline in northern Italy. In this book, Martino Lorenzo Fagnani traces these developments by reviewing the correspondence of naturalists and agriculturists as well as the research plans of universities, academies, societies, institutes, and governments. He explores the establishment of a broad knowledge network encompassing all of Europe while also investigating the reasons behind the exchange of seeds, the establishment of spaces for experimentation such as scientific gardens and experimental fields, and the organization of specialized journals and monographs. This work represents an important contribution to the historiography of Italian agricultural science, filling a significant gap in our knowledge of related developments. Martino Lorenzo Fagnani is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Early Modern History at the University of Pavia, Italy

• A Brief Review of Tools to Promote Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Agriculture by Model Coupling
• Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Agriculture A review
• Need of orchestration platform to unlock the potential of remote sensing data
• An Algorithmic Framework for fusing images from satellites, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and Farm Internet of Things (IoT) Sensors
• Globally Scalable and Locally Adaptable Satellite Solutions for Agriculture
• A Theoretical Framework of Agricultural Knowledge Management Process in the Indian Agriculture Context
• Simple and innovative methods to estimate gross primary production and transpiration of crops: a review
• Role of Virtual Plants in Digital Agriculture
• Remote sensing for mango and rubber mapping and characterisation for carbon stock estimation Case study of Malihabad tahsil (UP) and West Tripura District, India
• Impact of Vegetation Indices on Wheat Yield Prediction using Spatio-Temporal Modeling
• Farm-wise estimation of crop water requirement of major crops using deep learning architecture
• Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Agriculture Land Use and Land Cover Classification
• Computer Vision Approaches for Plant Phenotypic Parameter Determination.

This book presents the latest findings in the areas of digital ecosystem for innovation in agriculture. The book is organized into two sections with thirteen chapters dealing with specialized areas. It provides the reader with an overview of the frameworks and technologies involved in the digitalization of agriculture, as well as the data processing methods, decision-making processes, and innovative services/applications for enabling digital transformations in agriculture. The chapters are written by experts sharing their experiences in lucid language through case studies, suitable illustrations, and tables. The contents have been designed to fulfill the needs of geospatial, data science, agricultural, and environmental sciences of universities, agricultural universities, technological universities, research institutes, and academic colleges worldwide. It helps the planners, policymakers, and extension scientists plan and sustainably manage agriculture and natural resources.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.-
• Chapter 2 Optimization of the Fluidic Component of Complete Fluidic Sprinkler and Testing of the New Design Sprinkler.-
• Chapter 3 Numerical Simulation and Experimental Study on Internal Flow Characteristic in the Dynamic Fluidic Sprinkler.-
• Chapter 4 Effect of riser height on rotation uniformity and application rate of the dynamic fluidic sprinkler.-
• Chapter 5 Comparative Evaluation of Hydraulic Performance of a Newly Design Dynamic Fluidic, Complete Fluidic, and D3000 Rotating Spray Sprinklers.-
• Chapter 6 Modelling of Water Drop Movement and Distribution in No Wind and Windy Conditions for Different Nozzle Sizes.-
• Chapter 7 Review of intelligent sprinkler irrigation technologies for autonomous and remote sensing system.
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This book presents a newly designed dynamic fluidic sprinkler (DFS) to improve hydraulic performance of the existing complete fluidic sprinkler (CFS) under low-pressure conditions. Sprinkler irrigation has high prospects for improving water management in crop production. In recent years, low-pressure water-saving has become an important research content in the field of sprinkler irrigation. It introduces the effect of riser height on rotation uniformity and application rate of the dynamic fluidic sprinkler. It also discusses the intelligent sprinkler irrigation technologies for autonomous and remote sensing system. This book will be a useful reference for researchers and professionals in the field of agriculture and irrigation.
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• Intro
• Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 The Challenge
• 1.2 Soils and Sustainable Agriculture
• 1.3 Ensuring and Advancing Food Security
• 1.4 What do the Above Data Prove?
• 1.5 What Does the Concept of Soil Health Mean?
• 1.6 A Looming Global Food Crisis
• 1.7 The Global Scenario
• 1.8 What is the Situation in India?
• 1.9 What is the Future?
• References
• Chapter 2: What are Microbial Fertilizers and What is Their Role in Bio Farming?
• 2.1 Nitrogenous Microbial Fertilizers and Their Role in Bio Farming
• 2.2 The Morphology of Rhizobium

• 2.3 The Mode of Infection
• 2.4 The Process of Nodulation
• 2.5 The Process of Nitrogen Fixation
• 2.6 How is the Rhizobium Bacteria Produced En Masse?
• 2.7 How is the Microorganism Cultured?
• 2.8 How to Prepare the Inoculum?
• 2.9 Processing the Carrier Material
• 2.10 How to Mix the Carrier Material with the Broth Culture and Subsequent Packing?
• 2.11 Specifications for the Polythene Bag
• 2.12 Storing the Microbial Fertilizer
• 2.13 Benefits of Azospirillum
• 2.14 Details of Azospirillum
• 2.15 Morphology of Azospirillum

• 2.16 How to Mix the Carrier Material with the Broth and Pack It Up?
• 2.17 What Specifications are Prescribed for the Polythene Bags Used for Packing the Inoculum?
• 2.18 What is the Best Mode to Store Microbial Fertilizer Packages?
• 2.19 Details of Azotobacter
• 2.20 Which are the Most Important Species of Azotobacter?
• 2.21 What are the Steps Involved in the Mass Production of Azotobacter?
• 2.22 How to Culture the Bacterium?
• 2.23 How to Prepare the Inoculum?
• 2.24 How to Process the Carrier Material?

• 2.25 The Illustrious Example of Phosphate-Solubilizing Microorganisms (PSM): How do These Microorganisms Function?
• 2.26 Making Fixed Phosphate Bioavailable Through Which Route
• 2.27 Producing PSM En Masse
• 2.28 How to Prepare the Inoculum?
• 2.29 How to Process the Carrier Material and Which are the Preferred Carrier Materials?
• 2.30 How to Mix the Carrier Material with the Culture Broth and Pack It?
• 2.31 What are the Specifications Used for the Polythene Bags?
• 2.32 How to Store the Microbial Fertilizer Properly?
• 2.33 Phosphate-Mobilizing Fungus (PMF)

• 2.34 Benefits of Mycorrhiza
• 2.35 The Presence of VAM Fungi on Plant Roots
• 2.36 How to Identify the Morphological Characteristics of the VAM Spores?
• 2.37 Observing the Spore Under a Compound Microscope
• 2.38 How to Produce VAM Fungi En Masse?
• 2.39 How to Produce AMF En Masse on the Farm Front?
• 2.40 Potash-Solubilizing Bacterium (KSB)
• 2.41 How Does the Mechanism of K Solubilization Operate?
• 2.42 The Bacteria That Solubilize Zinc and Silica
• 2.43 How is Silica Solubilized?
• 2.44 What are the Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPR)?
• References

Global farming is at a crucial juncture in its evolution. Over 9000 years ago, humanity shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to stationary agriculture, sparking the "Agricultural Revolution" and putting soil at the forefront of agricultural focus. However, contemporary farming practices have seen an extreme shift in focus from the original revolution, that is, from tending plants to highly chemical-centric and extractive farming methods known as the "green revolution". In this process, soil has paid a heavy environmental price, with a substantial amount of land becoming unsuitable for agriculture over the past century. The 1992-93 World Resources Report by the United Nations issued alarming conclusions, revealing that nearly 10 million hectares of the world's best farmlands have been destroyed by human activity, including the green revolution. Additionally, over 1.2 billion hectares of land worldwide have suffered serious damage and can only be restored at a great cost. This loss of soil capability can result in significant food shortages in the next two to three decades. One significant impact of this issue is that as usual, people in the disadvantaged nations will bear the brunt of the consequences. Approximately two-thirds of the seriously eroded land is located in Asia and Africa, with around 25% of the cropped land in Central America being moderately to severely damaged. The percentage of affected land in North America is relatively low, at only 4.4%. Soil degradation is the primary cause for the dramatic decline in food production in 80 developing countries during the past decade, with nearly 40% of global farming conducted on small parcels of land measuring 1 hectare or less. This situation is characterized by ignorance and poverty. In India alone, more than 120.40 million hectares of the total 328.73 million hectares of geographical area have suffered from degraded soils due to the green revolution. The State of Punjab, known as the "cradle of Indian green revolution" is a clear example of this environmental hazard, specifically in relation to soil resources. Thousands of hectares in this region cannot sustain plant growth without significant investment in soil reclamation, resulting in a substantial drain of national resources. All of this, proves beyond a shadow of doubt, the critical role that soil plays in human sustenance

• 1.
• Introduction: from food to food justice
• 2. -- The social roots of food inequities in East New York
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• Community gardens: spaces of resistance
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• Realizing social justice at the farmers market: the importance of the state
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• Money and the movement: the limits of nonprofit activism
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• Addressing inequities in grocery retailing: cheap food vs. high road jobs
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• Conclusion: beyond access, toward food justice

Across the United States marginalized communities are organizing to address social, economic, and environmental inequities through building community food systems rooted in the principles of social justice. But how exactly are communities doing this work, why are residents tackling these issues through food, what are their successes, and what barriers are they encountering? This book dives into the heart of the food justice movement through an exploration of East New York Farms! (ENYF!), one of the oldest food justice organizations in Brooklyn, and one that emerged from a bottom-up asset-oriented development model. It details the food inequities the community faces and what produced them, how and why residents mobilized to turn vacant land into community gardens, and the struggles the organization has encountered as they worked to feed residents through urban farms and farmers markets. This book also discusses how through the politics of food justice, ENYF! has challenged the growth-oriented development politics of City Hall, opposed the neoliberalization of food politics, navigated the funding constraints of philanthropy and the welfare state, and opposed the entrance of a Walmart into their community. Through telling this story, Growing Gardens, Building Power offers insights into how the food justice movement is challenging the major structures and institutions that seek to curtail the transformative power of the food justice movement and its efforts to build a more just and sustainable world.
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• Chapter 1 Agricultural Land Degradation in Argentina
• Chapter 2 Agricultural Soil Degradation in Australia
• Chapter 3 Perspectives from Africa, Asia, America and Oceania
• Chapter 4 Agricultural Land Degradation in Brazil
• Chapter 5 Agriculture Land Degradation in Chile
• Chapter 6 Agricultural Land Degradation in China
• Chapter 7 Agricultural Soil Degradation in Colombia
• Chapter 8 Agricultural Land Degradation in India
• Chapter 9 Degradation of Agricultural Lands in Israel
• Chapter 10 Agricultural Land Degradation in Kenya
• Chapter 11 Agricultural Land Degradation in Mexico
• Chapter 12 Agricultural Land Degradation in South Africa
• Chapter 13 Agricultural Land Degradation in the United States of America.

This is the first of two volumes that together provide a global overview of the impact of agriculture on soil degradation, tracing the most critical drivers like the use and abuse of agrochemicals, mechanization, overgrazing, irrigation, slash and burn agriculture, and the use of plastics. This book covers the main effects of agriculture practices on soil degradation in several countries from Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania, and it elucidates the impact of chemical agents on soil quality, namely, the use of fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, soil acidification and microplastics pollution. In these continents, a large number of the population depend on agriculture, which sets an enormous pressure on the ecosystems. Divided into 13 chapters, the book offers authoritative contributions about the fundamental soil degradation problems in countries such as Argentina, Australia, Peru and Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Israel, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, the United States of America. As soil degradation issues are often linked with biodiversity loss and poverty, readers will also find in this book an important discussion of the different social, economic, political, and environmental aspects contributing to soil quality and sustainable management. Given the breadth and depth of its coverage, the book offers an invaluable source of information for researchers, students, environmental managers and policymakers alike.