Climate Change and Global Crop Productivity - 9780851994390

Climate Change and Global Crop ProductivityAuthor(s): K Reddy, Mary Peet, Harry Hodges\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: CABI Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: CABI Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780851994390, 978-0851994390\nSynopsis\nWorldwide climatic changes have been raising concerns about potential changes to crop yields and production systems. Such concerns include the ability to accommodate these uncertain effects in order to ensure an adequate food supply for an increasing population. Written by leading international experts, this book is the first comprehensive examination of the potential effect climate change, particularly greenhouse gases, will have on agroecosystems. It also reviews the effects such systems have on climate change itself.