Ebook: Impact of climate change on water resources in agriculture

Front Cover; Preface; Contents; 1. The Role of Agriculture on the UNFCCC Negotiation Process; 2. Policies and Initiatives Related to Water and Climate Change in Agriculture: Case Studies from Brazil and Africa; 3. Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases; 4. Proposal for the Construction of a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Monitoring System for the ABC Plan-Sectoral Plan for Mitigation and Adaptation to Climate Change for the Consolidation of a Low Carbon Agriculture Economy; 5. Agrosilvopastoral Systems in Brazil: An Agricultural Productive Strategy Based on Green Economy Concepts.;Climate change and its impact on water resources in agriculture pose one of the biggest challenges for food, energy, fiber, and water security worldwide and, as a consequence, for society. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach towards climate change and water resources in agriculture and provides a comprehensive perspective about the core points central to this subject. Beside other fundamental topics that are covered in this book, important insights concerning hydrological cycle, forests, land use change and water, low carbon agriculture, green economy concepts, as well as the state.