Managing water and agroecosystems for food security /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2013.
• Series: Comprehensive assessment of water management in agriculture series ; 10.
• Subjects: Agricultural ecology.; Water in agriculture.; Food security.; Agricultural Economics.; Natural Resource Economics, (New March 2000); Food Economics, (New March 2000); Soil Water Management (Irrigation and Drainage), (Revised June 2002); Natural Resources (General); Water Resources.; Arid lands.; Ecosystem management.; Ecosystem services.; Ecosystems.; Farming systems.; Irrigation water.; Sustainability.; Water management.; Water resources.; Water security.; Water use.; Wetlands.; Electronic books.
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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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction / E. Boelee, D. Coates, E. Khaka, P.L. Pert, L. Thiombiano, S.J. Scherr, S. Cook and L. Sanford
• Drivers and Challenges for Food Security / J. Barron, R.E. Tharme and M. Herrero
• Water-related Ecosystem Services and Food Security / D. Coates, P.L. Pert, J. Barron, C. Muthuri, S. Nguyen-Khoa, E. Boelee and D.I. Jarvis
• Challenges to Agroecosystem Management / P.L. Pert, E. Boelee, D.I. Jarvis, D. Coates, P. Bindraban, J. Barron, R.E. Tharme and M. Herrero
• Water Use in Agroecosystems / R. Fleiner, D. Grace, P.L. Pert, P. Bindraban, R.E. Tharme, E. Boelee, G.J. Lloyd, L. Korsgaard, N. Eriyagama and D. Molden
• Drylands / E.M. Solowey, T. Amede, A. Evans, E. Boelee and P. Bindraban
• Wetlands / M. Finlayson, S.W. Bunting, M. Beveridge, R.E. Tharme and S. Nguyen-Khoa
• Increasing Water Productivity in Agriculture / K. Descheemaeker, S.W. Bunting, P. Bindraban, C. Muthuri, D. Molden, M. Beveridge, M. van Brakel, M. Herrero, F. Clement, E. Boelee and D.I. Jarvis
• Managing Agroecosystem Services / D.I. Jarvis, E. Khaka, P.L. Pert, L. Thiombiano and E. Boelee
• Water Management for Ecosystem Health and Food Production / G.J. Lloyd, L. Korsgaard, R.E. Tharme, E. Boelee, F. Clement, J. Barron and N. Eriyagama
• Management of Water and Agroecosystems in Landscapes for Sustainable Food Security / E. Boelee, S.J. Scherr, P.L. Pert, J. Barron, M. Finlayson, K. Descheemaeker, J.C. Milder, R. Fleiner, S. Nguyen-Khoa, S. Barchiesi, S.W. Bunting, R.E. Tharme, E. Khaka, D. Coates, E.M. Solowey, G.J. Lloyd, D. Molden and S. Cook.