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Environmental Cost and Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries Fostering Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change /

This volume presents the outcome of an Agriculture Workshop organized by the Gulf Research Centre Cambridge (GRCC), and held at Cambridge University, UK during the Gulf Research Meeting 11-14 July 2012. Co-directed by the editors, the workshop, entitled “Environmental Cost and Changing Face of Agric...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Shahid, Shabbir A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ahmed, Mushtaque. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Subjects:
Environment.
Agriculture.
Water pollution.
Climate change.
Water quality.
Environment, general.
Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.
Climate Change.
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
Water Quality/Water Pollution.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05768-2
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Changing Face of Agriculture in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
  • Chapter 2 Achieving Food Security in a Changing Climate: The Potential of Climate-Smart Agriculture
  • Chapter 3 Prospects of Agriculture in the State of Kuwait-Constraints and Opportunities
  • Chapter 4 Improved Water Use Efficiency is a Key Practice to Sustain Food Production in the GCC Countries
  • Chapter 5 The Potential of Transforming Salalah into Oman’s Vegetable’s Basket
  • Chapter 6 Climate Changes, Water Scarcity and Food Security Complex: A case Study from Bahrain
  • Chapter 7 Opportunities and Challenges of Using Treated Wastewater in Agriculture
  • Chapter 8 Investments in Foreign Agriculture as a Gulf State Food Security Strategy: Towards Better Policy
  • Chapter 9 Impact of Food Prices, Income and Income Distribution on Food Security in Oman Hemesiri
  • Chapter 10 Agricultural Research and Development and Food Security in the Gulf Region
  • Index.

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