Food Security and Climate-Smart Food Systems

Building Resilience for the Global South

Mohamed Behnassi, Mirza Barjees Baig, Mohamed Taher Sraïri, Abdlmalek A. Alsheikh, Ali Wafa A. Abu Risheh (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

XXXVII, 398 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-92737-0 (ISBN)

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The resilience of food systems and security to emerging challenges and threats, especially in the context of environmental and climate risks and global pandemics such as the Covid-19 crisis, is currently gaining growing importance in research, policy, and practice. Based on this, the core focus of this book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, consists of identifiying and exploring the best ways to overcome such challenges and shocks and to build resilience in the Global South. More precisely, the book analyzes current dynamics and trends related to the climate resilience of food security and assess the relevance of emerging approaches such as climate-smart agriculture, new roles of agriculture extension, smart farming, and climate adaptation of farming systems.The book includes both conceptual and empirical research reporting lessons learned from many geographical, environmental, social, and policy settings while focusing on Africa, Middle East, and Asia. It also provides research and policy-oriented inputs and recommendations to guide change processes at multiple scales.

lt;b>Behnassi, MohamedDr. Behnassi is a Professor at the College of Law, Economics, and Social Sciences of Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco. He is a SeniorResearcher of international law and politics of environment and humansecurity. He holds a PhD in International Environmental Law and Governance (Hassan II University of Casablanca, 2003) and a Diploma inInternational Environmental Law and Diplomacy (University of EasternFinland and UNEP, 2015). He is currently the Founding Director of the Center for Environment, Human Security and Governance (CERES) -Former North-South Center for Social Sciences (NRCS). From 2015 to 2018, he was theDirector of the Research Laboratory for Territorial Governance, Human Security and Sustainability (LAGOS) in the same university. Recently, he was appointed as Expert Evaluator for the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST/Morocco),and selected as Expert by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity andEcosystem Services (IPBES) and the Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change (MEDECC) to take part in global and regional assessments, respectively. Accordingly,he was among the Lead Authors of the 1st Assessment Report (MAR1): Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin - Current Situation and Risks for the Future (MEDECC, 2021). Dr. Behnassi has published considerable number of scientific papers and book chapters in addition to 17 books, including recent ones on: Social-Ecological Systems in the Era of Risks and Insecurity - Pathways to Viability and Resilience (Springer International Publishing, 2021); and Building Resilience for Food and Water Security Face to Climate Change and Biodiversity Decline - Perspectives from Asia, Middle-East and Africa (Springer International Publishing, 2021); Human and Environmental Security in the Era of Global Risks (Springer International Publishing, 2019). He organized as well many international conferences covering the above research areas and managed many research and expertise projects on behalf of various national and international organizations. Dr. Behnassi is regularly requested to provide scientific expertise nationally and internationally. Other professional activities include social compliance auditing and consultancy by monitoring human rights at work and the sustainability of the global supply chain.
Baig, Mirza BarjeesDr. Baig is a Professor at the Prince Sultan Institute for Environmental,Water and Desert Research, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. Heearned his MS degree in International Agricultural Extension in 1992 from the Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA and was placed on the "Roll of Honor". He completed his Ph.D. in Extension for Natural ResourceManagement from the University of Idaho, USA and was honored with the"1995 outstanding graduate student award". Dr. Baig has published extensively on the issues associated with natural resources in national andinternational journals. He has also presented issues in agriculture and natural resources and the role of extension education at various international conferences. Food waste, watermanagement, degradation of environment and natural resources, and their relationship withsociety/community are his areas of interest. He has attempted to develop strategies to conservenatural resources, promote environment, and develop sustainable communities. Dr. Baig started his scientific career in 1983 as a researcher at the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan. He served at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada as the Special Graduate Faculty from 2000-2005. He served as a Foreign Professor at the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Pakistan through Higher Education Commission from 2005-2009. He also served as a Professor of Agricultural Extension and Rural Society at the King Saud University, Saudi Arabia from 2009-

1. Climate Resilience for Food Security: Current Dynamics and Emerging Trends.- 2. Rethinking the Agricultural Development Model in the Post COVID-19 Era Based on Scientific Knowledge: The Moroccan Case.- 3. Impacts of Climate Change on Agricultural Labor Force and Food Security in Pakistan: The Importance of Climate-Smart Agriculture.- 4. Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Food Production and Security in Sri Lanka - The Importance of Climate-Smart Agriculture.- 5. Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Agriculture Industry in Sri Lanka and the Application of Smart Technologies to Overcome Challenges and Grasp New Opportunities.- 6. Enhancing Food Security in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in a Changing Climate: The New Roles of Extension Service.- 7. Role of Agriculture Extension in Ensuring Food Security Under a Changing Climate in Pakistan: State of the Art and Prospects for Reforms.- 8. Role of Agricultural Extension Services in Building Climate Resilience of Food Security inEthiopia.- 9. Dynamics of Agricultural Extension for Nigeria's Rural Areas Under the Current Scenario of Climate Change.- 10. Climate Change, Food Security and Agricultural Extension Nexus in Islamic Republic of Iran.- 11. Realizing Food Security through the Role of Agricultural Development in Sudan.- 12. Agriculture in Fragile Moroccan Ecosystems in the Face of Climate Change: Vulnerability and Adaptation.- 13. Natural and Regulatory Underlying Factors of Food Dependency in Algeria.- 14. Boosting Youth Participation in Farming Activities within the Perspective of Enhancing National Food Self-Sufficiency - A Case Study from Nigeria.- 15. Farmers' Satisfaction towards Organic Rice Farming Promotion in Northeastern Thailand: Some Factors Affecting their Farm Fulfillment.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.02.2022
Zusatzinfo	XXXVII, 398 p. 79 illus., 74 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	875 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
Schlagworte	Agricultural Development • Climate-Change Impacts • Climate Risks • Covid-19 pandemic • Food insecurity • natural resources • sustainable agriculture
ISBN-10	3-030-92737-7 / 3030927377
ISBN-13	978-3-030-92737-0 / 9783030927370
Zustand	Neuware