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Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada
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Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada Hardcover - 2007

by Ellen Wall (Editor)


From the publisher

In farming systems across Canada, effective risk management is necessary to deal with drought, flooding, and extreme weather, and to adapt to altered climate and weather conditions. Unfortunately, climate change risks and opportunities are not always well understood among researchers and policy makers in the Canadian agri-food sector. This book addresses that gap by providing a wide-ranging synopsis of what climate change means for Canadian agriculture, exploring different approaches to the topic, and presenting examples of current research. It covers all agricultural regions and a wide variety of commodity production and farming systems. This comprehensive survey synthesizes twenty years of research on climate change and Canadian agriculture.

Details

  • Title Farming in a Changing Climate: Agricultural Adaptation in Canada
  • Author Ellen Wall (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Date 2007-10
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780774813938 / 0774813938
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Canadiana
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Agriculture and state - Canada, Politique agricole - Canada
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008378699
  • Dewey Decimal Code 917.949

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Citations

  • Scitech Book News, 03/01/2008, Page 132

About the author

Ellen Wall is a research scientist in environmental sciences; Barry Smit is a professor of geography and Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change; and Johanna Wandel is a postdoctoral research associate with the Department of Geography --all at the University of Guelph. The authors/editors are also members of the Advisory Committee for C-CIARN Agriculture (Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Network for Agriculture).