Growing food in a hotter drier land

lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty

Growing food in a hotter drier land

lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty
Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Bill McKibben
Book - 2013
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मुख्य लेखक: Nabhan, Gary Paul
स्वरूप: पुस्तक
भाषा:English
प्रकाशित: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2013.
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505 0 |a Getting a grip on climate change: crossing the threshold into chronic climatic disruption of food security -- Seeking inspiration and solutions from the time-tried strategies found in the world's deserts -- Will harvest rain and organic matter for food: catching runoff as conventionally irrigated agriculture collapses -- Bringing water home to the root zone: getting more efficient at irrigation delivery -- Breaking the fever: reducing heat stress in crops and livestock -- Increasing the moisture-holding capacity and microbial diversity of food-producing soils -- Forming a fruit and nut guild that can take the heat -- When terraces are edged with succulents and herbaceous perennials -- Getting out of the drought: intercropping quick-maturing vegetables and grains in placed-based polycultures -- Getting in sync: keeping pollinators in pace and in place with arid-adapted crop plants. 
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