Concise Oxford Dictionary defines Resilience as recoiling;
springing back; resuming its original shape after bending,
stretching, compression etc. With five components of crop
production -space, water, energy, light, nutrients- limiting, there
are stresses on crops to perform at threshold input yielding
optimum output. Droughts and floods, cold and heat waves, forest
fires, landslides and mud slips, ice storms, dust storms,
hailstorms, thunder clouds associated with lightening and sea level
rise are throwing new challenges to farming. This dangerously
narrow level of food base prompts to widen the base of grains,
vegetables, fruits, spices, industrial crops, mushrooms and
aromatic plants. The emphasis so far was more on terrestrial
plants, forest plants and lesser on lower plants. The aquatic
plants-fresh water, brackish water, marine- were not much explored
for edible use except by Chinese and Japanese. Halophytes,
bryophytes, ferns and sea weeds are so far climate resilient. The
Indo-Burmese Centre of origin (Hindustan centre including North
East) is abode of several plants of possible vegetable, fruit and
spicy value. The New Life styles consequent to migration for
employment have brought newer food and dietary patterns. The
urbanization and smaller family size are leading to pre-cooked
foods and visitation to restaurants. s on bryophytes, halophytes,
microalgae, chasmophytes, pseudocereals, medicinal mushrooms,
speciality mushrooms, palmyrah palms, bramakamal, tropical tuber
crops, dragon fruits, broad dhaniya, plants for dyes, kale and
ornamental ginger are authored by eminent working scientists from
21 Universities and Research Institutes in Japan and India. The
crops for the future especially climate resilient are to be
identified and promoted in an emerging production scenario of new
life style foods and convenient speciality foods getting attention
by the new generation. The present book Climate Resilient Crops for
the Future carries 17 s authored by men of eminence in respective
areas concerning to the above areas.
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