Food and Water Security (Hardcover)

Section 1 : Biophysical Dimensions of food security

1. Remote Sensing of irrigated agriculture
2. Remote sensing of soil parameters in relation to the productivity of food crops
3. Crop production forecasting through remote sensing
4. Agrobiotechnology in relation to food security Development of drought ? and salinity-tolerant crop varieties
5. Preparation of hydroclimatic calendar
6. Soil microorganisms in relation to soil productivity
7. Soil geochemistry in relation to soil productivity
8. Conservation of soil moisture in relation to soil productivity
9. Soil Health cards
10. How to do with less water
11. Irrigated agriculture for food security
12. Use of wastewater and brackish water in irrigation
13. The SRI method of producing more rice with less water
14. Aerobic rice
15. Quality of food in relation to the quality of irrigation water
16. Rainfed Agriculture
17. Overview and Integration

Section 2. Socioeconomic Dimensions of food security

1. Fermented foods
2. Food preferences
3. Food consumption in relation to irrigation water demand
4. Availability, Acceptability and Accessibility of food
5. Micro-enterprises and food security
6. Water harvesting and administration
7. Techno-socio-economic policy on Food Security
8. Technology Transfer modalities
9. Implementation level ? Role of Village Knowledge Centres
10. Overview and Integration Editor

Section 3 Governance of food security in different agro climatic and socioeconomic settings

1. Knowledge-based strategies to achieve food security
2. China : Governance of food security, with reference to farming in loess areas
3. India: Governance of food security, with reference to farming in the alluvial areas
4. Brazil : Governance of food security in the tropical rainforest area of Amazonia
5. Mozambique: Governance of food security in an IDC in Sub-Saharan Africa
6. Trinidad and Tobago : Governance of food security, with reference to seafood
7. Overview and Integration