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Statistical Methods in Agriculture and Experimental Biology, Third Edition (Texts in Statistical Science) by Roger Mead, Robert N. Curnow, et all 2002-08-28 Advances in Fungal Biotechnology for Industry, Agriculture, and Medicine Organic Farming, Pest Control and Remediation of Soil Pollutants (Sustainable Agriculture Reviews) Mathematical Applications in Agriculture by Nina H. Mitchell, 2003-12-04 Le Livre De L'agriculture. Tr. Par J.-J. Clément-Mullet (French Edition) by Yayà B. Muammad Ibn Al-Awwâm, 2010-02-04 Plowshares & Pork Barrels: The Political Economy of Agriculture (Independent Studies in Political Economy) by E.C. PasourJr., Randall R. Rucker, 2005-09-01 Sustainable Agriculture and Food: Four Volume Set (Earthscan Reference Collections) Electricity and Electronics for Agriculture by A. F. Butchbaker, 1977-03-30 The World's Greatest Fix: A History of Nitrogen and Agriculture by G. J. Leigh, 2004-08-19 Agriculture and the WTO: Creating a Trading System for Development (World Bank Trade and Development Series) Agriculture and Food in Crisis: Conflict, Resistance, and Renewal by Fred Magdoff, Brain Tokar, 2010-11-01 Agriculture in Transition by Donald L. Schriefer, 2000-01-01 Climate Prediction and Agriculture: Advances and Challenges Sustainable Agriculture, Second Edition (Landlinks Press) by John Mason, 2003-01-01

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101. PAULOWNIA SURFBOARDS, WOODEN SURFBOARDS, PAULOWNIA
     This project aims to turn 4 acres of unused agricultural land in France into a sustainable Paulownia plantation.  
     http://www.paulownia.co.uk

102. Suman Sahai Blog
     Articles on agricultural themes, climate change, food security, gene patents, IPR and GM issues, from an Indian perspective.  
     http://sumansahai-blog.blogspot.com/
     
     Extractions: There is a broad consensus that tropical areas are slated to see an expansion of arid zones. This will be accompanied by a contraction of 31-51 million ha of favourable cultivation areas and a significant reduction in food production in the most vulnerable areas where population density is high and food already scarce. Nearly one billion affected people live in these vulnerable environments, dependent on agriculture. These vulnerable populations have limited capacity to protect themselves from the environmental hazards that will accompany climate change, like drought and floods, and will suffer most from land degradation and biodiversity loss. According to estimates, a little less than half the production potential in certain developing countries could be lost. In South Asia, the biggest blow to food production is expected to come from the loss of multiple cropping zones. The worst affected areas are predicted to be the double and triple cropping areas like Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh from where the surplus grain for our buffer stock comes. This means areas where two to three crops are produced in a year and which are predicted to turn into single crop zones, where only one crop can be taken in a year because the rest of the season will be too hot and dry for cultivation. For South Asia, particularly India, one of the most serious impacts is anticipated in wheat production. Wheat is the single largest winter crop of north India and states like Punjab, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh produce the surplus wheat that goes into the PDS. Wheat is a particularly temperature sensitive crop and it has been estimated that for every one degree rise in temperature, wheat producing areas in India and South Asia will lose about four to five million tonnes of production. This will have a cascading effect on food for the poor.

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