Growing food in a hotter, drier land
Subtitle: lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty
By: Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Bill McKibben
Publisher: Chelsea Green Pub.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: White River Junction, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781603584531
Subjects: Crops and climate; Climatic changes; Arid regions agriculture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting a grip on climate change: crossing the threshold into chronic climatic disruption of food security; title: Seeking inspiration and solutions from the time-tried strategies found in the world's deserts; title: Will harvest rain and organic matter for food: catching runoff as conventionally irrigated agriculture collapses; title: Bringing water home to the root zone: getting more efficient at irrigation delivery; title: Breaking the fever: reducing heat stress in crops and livestock; title: Increasing the moisture-holding capacity and microbial diversity of food-producing soils; title: Forming a fruit and nut guild that can take the heat; title: When terraces are edged with succulents and herbaceous perennials; title: Getting out of the drought: intercropping quick-maturing vegetables and grains in placed-based polycultures; title: Getting in sync: keeping pollinators in pace and in place with arid-adapted crop plants.