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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Nabhan, Gary Paul.     Subjects     Arid regions agriculture.     Crops and climate.     Climatic changes.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Nabhan, Gary Paul.       by title:      Growing food in a ho...         MARC Display

Growing food in a hotter, drier land : lessons from desert farmers on adapting to climate uncertainty / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Bill McKibben. by Nabhan, Gary Paul. White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., 2013. Subjects Arid regions agriculture.   Crops and climate.   Climatic changes. ISBN:  9781603584531 (pbk.) : 1603584536 (pbk.) Description:  x, 256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. Contents:  Getting a grip on climate change: crossing the threshold into chronic climatic disruption of food security -- Seeking inspiration and solutions from the time-tried strategies found in the world's deserts -- Will harvest rain and organic matter for food: catching runoff as conventionally irrigated agriculture collapses -- Bringing water home to the root zone: getting more efficient at irrigation delivery -- Breaking the fever: reducing heat stress in crops and livestock -- Increasing the moisture-holding capacity and microbial diversity of food-producing soils -- Forming a fruit and nut guild that can take the heat -- When terraces are edged with succulents and herbaceous perennials -- Getting out of the drought: intercropping quick-maturing vegetables and grains in placed-based polycultures -- Getting in sync: keeping pollinators in pace and in place with arid-adapted crop plants. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 631 Na Checked In Add Copy to MyList Naalehu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 631 Na Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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