Resilient agriculture : cultivating food systems for a changing climate /
"Resilient Agriculture, Second Edition explores the latest science on climate risk and resilience through the adaptation stories of award-winning farmers and ranchers to explore the powerful solutions offered by agriculture and food systems designed to restore the natural, human, and social res...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Gabriola Island, BC, Canada :
New Society Publishers,
[2022]
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| Edition: | Expanded & updated second edition. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2355179 |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Why Think Resilience?. Waking up to climate change ; Climate change is changing the weather ; Understanding exposure ; Understanding sensitivity ; Understanding adaptive capacity ; Managing climate risk : adaptation stories
- Part 2. The Rules of Resilience?. A new way to think about solutions ; The qualities and behaviors of resilient systems ; The rules of resilience ; Is sustainable agriculture a resilient agriculture? ; Resilient agriculture : new tools for shaping change
- Part 3. What Path to Resilience?. The light and the dark of these times ; Adding resilience to the menu ; The way forward
- Part 4. Real World Resilience : Stories of Land, People and Community. Vegetables ; Fruits and nuts ; Grains ; Livestock.