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1 online resource |
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AAAS selected symposium ; 62 |
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AAAS selected symposium ; 62.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors and Authors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 20th Century Explanation; Research Sharpens the View; The Problem Intensifies; PART 1 VIEWING THE CLIMATE/FOOD INTERACTION; 1 Climate's Impact on Food Supplies: Can It Be Identified?; Introduction; Perception Still Lacking; A Justifiable Indifference?; Reviewing the Linkages; A Broader Perspective; Summary; References; 2 Climate, Food and Society; Introduction; Extracted Findings of the Report ""Nature Pleads Not Guilty; Climatic Fluctuations as Usual |
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Nothing ""Normal"" About ClimateClimate-Vulnerable Societies; Perceptions of the '72 Food Crisis; Did Climate Escalate Food Prices?; Factors Behind Famines and Malnutrition; 3 Uses of Climatic Knowledge in the Food Systems of Developing Countries; Introduction; How Farmers Assess Climate Impact; Climate-Responsive Water Management; Would Climate Forecasts Help?; Harnessing Climate for Energy; Climate and Fish Production; Finally, Man's Impact on Climate Itself; 4 Climate-Defensive Policies to Assure Food Supplies; Introduction; Sources of Instability in Grain Production and Prices |
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Climate-Related InstabilityDestabilizing Effects of National Policies; World Trade and Aid; Information and Decision-Making Problems; Further Constraints to Food Transfers; Financial; Educational and Institutional; Food Distribution; Grain Reserves; India: An Exception; Bilateral Trade Agreements; How Bilateral Agreements Can Work; Provisions in U.S. Program; Concluding Remarks; 5 Botswana's Food: A Case of Livestock versus Climate; Introduction; Climate of Botswana; Droughts; Crop Production; Livestock Production; Livestock Overshadows Crops; Dealing With Climatic Fluctuations |
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Stabilizing Grain SuppliesLivestock Stabilization; Conclusion; References; 6 Case Studies of the Multinational Corporation as a Food/Climate Buffer; Introduction; Stages in Agricultural Development; Sidestepping with Technology; The MNC's Technology Mission; Case Study 1: Fundacion Chile; Beyond the Market Factor; Self-Sufficiency: The Goal; Case Study 2: The Algerian MNC Crucible; Productive Goals Plus Bottlenecks; Long-Range Planning and Investment; The Superamine Story; The Sonacome Success; The Problems of MNC Participation; Steps Towards Synergism; What are the Specific Requirements? |
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ConclusionReferences; PART 2 REDUCING CLIMATE'S IMPACT; 7 Three Approaches to Reducing Climate's Impact on Food Supplies; Introduction; Improving Climate-Marginal Food Production; More Efficient Irrigation; Climate-Defensive Agronomics; Genetics to Resist Climate; Agro-Climatic Information Systems; More Appropriate Land Use; Hedging Against Future Bad Weather; Accumulating Food Reserves; Reducing Post-Harvest Losses; Completing the Food System; The Special Role of Livestock; Producing Food Independent of Climate; Controlled Environment Agriculture; Aquatic Farming Systems |
| Summary |
Global concern about the impact of climatic variability on food supplies has been growing since 1963 when a major crop failure in the Soviet Union ended a long period of abundant, low-cost surplus grain |
| Notes |
Originally published: Westview Press, 1982 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 26, 2019) |
| Subject |
Crops and climate -- Congresses
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Meteorology, Agricultural -- Congresses
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Food supply -- Congresses
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Agriculture -- Congresses
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Meteorology, Agricultural
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Food supply
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Crops and climate
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Agriculture
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Slater, Lloyd E., editor.
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Levin, Susan K., editor.
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| ISBN |
0429048637 |
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9780429048630 |
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9780429744433 |
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0429744439 |
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9780429724428 |
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042972442X |
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9780429704413 |
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0429704410 |
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