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This book discusses knowledge-based sustainable agro-ecological and
natural resource management systems and best practices for
sustained agricultural productivity and ecosystem resilience for
better livelihoods under a changing climate. With a focus on
agriculture in Africa, the book assesses innovative technologies
for use on smallholder farms, and addresses some of the key
Sustainable Development Goals to guide innovative responses and
enhanced adaptation methods for coping with climate change.
Contributions are based on 'Capacity Building for Managing Climate
Change in Malawi' (CABMACC), a five-year program with an overall
goal to improve livelihoods and food security through innovative
responses and enhanced capacity of adaptation to climate change.
Readers will discover more about sustainable crop production,
climate smart agriculture, on-farm energy supply from biogas and
the potential of soil carbon sequestration in crop-livestock
systems.
This book discusses knowledge-based sustainable agro-ecological and
natural resource management systems and best practices for
sustained agricultural productivity and ecosystem resilience for
better livelihoods under a changing climate. With a focus on
agriculture in Africa, the book assesses innovative technologies
for use on smallholder farms, and addresses some of the key
Sustainable Development Goals to guide innovative responses and
enhanced adaptation methods for coping with climate change.
Contributions are based on 'Capacity Building for Managing Climate
Change in Malawi' (CABMACC), a five-year program with an overall
goal to improve livelihoods and food security through innovative
responses and enhanced capacity of adaptation to climate change.
Readers will discover more about sustainable crop production,
climate smart agriculture, on-farm energy supply from biogas and
the potential of soil carbon sequestration in crop-livestock
systems.
This succinct volume addresses the production of inactive,
potentially toxic proteins in the absence of correct protein
folding and the resultant neurodegenerative diseases. Other topics
include intrinsic disorder in protein structure and function and
the effects of molten globules on protein toxicity. This concise
and yet thorough text also discusses using toxin structure as a
model for studying structural and functional aspects of protein
chemistry. Protein Toxins in Modeling Biochemistry, a
SpringerBrief, is essential reading for advanced researchers,
scientists and advanced graduate students interested in protein
chemistry and related areas of biochemistry and molecular science.
This 32-chapter volume represents the core of several oral and
poster presentations made at the conference. In addition to
Introduction and Conclusion sections, the book is thematically
divided into 7 sections, namely, 1) Land Use and Farming Systems,
2) Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yield, 3) Soil Nutrient and
Water Management for Carbon Sequestration, 4) Rehabilitation of
Degraded Lands through Forestry and Agroforestry, 5) Management of
Animal Production for Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 6) Smallholder
Adaptation to Climate Change, and 7) Economic, Social and Policy
Issues. It addresses these themes in the context of sustainable
intensification (SI). It implies increasing agronomic production
from the existing land while improving/restoring its quality and
decreasing the C or environmental footprint. Simply put, SI means
producing more from less.
From beach encounters, aquaculture perils, and processed-food
poisoning to snake bites and biological warfare, natural toxins
seem never to be far from the public's sight. A better
understanding of toxins in terms of their origin, structure,
structure-function relation ships, mechanism of action, and
detection and diagnosis is of utmost importance to human and animal
food safety, nutrition, and health. In addition, it is now clear
that many of the toxins can be used as scientific tools to explore
the molecular mechanism of several biological processes, be it a
mechanism involved in the function of membrane channels,
exocytosis, or cytotoxicity. Several of the natural toxins have
also been approved as therapeutic drugs, which has made them of
interest to several pharmaceutical companies. For example,
botulinum neurotoxins, which have been used in studies in the field
of neurobiology, have also been used directly as therapeutic drugs
against several neuromus cular diseases, such as strabismus and
blepherospasm. Toxins in combination with modem biotechnological
approaches are also being investigated for their potential use
against certain deadly medical problems. For example, a combination
of plant toxin ricin and antibodies is being developed for the
treatment of tumors. The great potential of natural toxins has
attracted scientists of varying backgrounds-pure chemists to cancer
biologists-to the study of fundamental aspects of the actions of
these toxins."
Practical Techniques in Molecular Biotechnology intends to
familiarise students with the basics of the well-known experiments
of molecular biotechnology and related courses like chemical
biotechnology and cell biology. The content of the book will be
useful in strengthening the basic skills and help students to apply
the concepts to real-world problems. This book emphasises important
concepts like bioanalytical techniques, biochemical analysis of
proteins, recombinant DNA, and protein technology etc. The text
will help students to understand the theoretical aspects of the
techniques and provide experience with hands-on techniques to
demonstrate practical troubleshooting and data analysis. The text
is supported with diagrams, data, summaries for the quick recap and
appendices with useful protocols and calculation methods.
It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of
the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change.
At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt
agricultural production. This collection reviews key research
addressing this challenge. Climate change is the biggest challenge
agriculture faces. Part 1 of this collection reviews current
research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture, such as
the effects of increased temperatures, as well as the ways these
impacts can be modelled. Part 2 assesses what we know about the
contribution of agriculture to climate change, including the
impacts of both crop and livestock production as well as land use.
Part 3 surveys mitigation strategies to achieve a more
'climate-smart' agriculture such as the role of integrated
crop-livestock and agroforestry systems.
This 35-chapter book is based on several oral and poster
presentations including both invited and contributory chapters. The
book is thematically based on four pillars of sustainability, with
focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Environment, Economic, Social
and Institutional. The environmental sustainability, which
determines economic and social/institutional sustainability, refers
to the rate of use of natural resources (soil, water, landscape,
vegetation) which can be continued indefinitely without degrading
their quality, productivity and ecosystem services for different
ecoregions of SSA. This book will help achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals of the U.N. in SSA. Therefore, the book is of
interest to agriculturalists, economists, social scientists, policy
makers, extension agents, and development/bilateral organizations.
Basic principles explained in the book can be pertinent to all
development organizations.
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