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Author:   Christopher R. Bryant ,  Mamadou A. Sarr ,  Kénel Délusca
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Weight:   4.262kg
ISBN:  

9783319810300

ISBN 10:   3319810308
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   09 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction (Christopher R. Bryant).- Part 1. Canada and France.- 2. Agricultural Adaptation to Changing Environments: Lessons Learned from Farmers in Eastern Ontario, Canada (Michael Brklacich).- 3. Social Networks and the Diffusion of Innovative Practices to Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change and Variability in Quebec (Omarou Daouda).- 4. Climate Change and Corn Productivity in West Montérégie, Quebec: From Impacts Anticipation to Some Adaptation Potentialities (Kénel Delusca).- 5. The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in Québec and Ontario (Paul Thomassin).- 6. The Organizational Dimensions of Agricultural Adaptation: Experiences in Québec’s Market Garden Sector (Annie Choquette).- 7. Citizen Involvement and Volunteering Along the Acadian Coastline: Challenges for Integrated Management and Adaptation in the Context of Climate Change (Omer Chouinard).- 8. The Contribution of Agronomic Research to Innovation: The Experience of INRA-SAD In France (Christophe Solard).- Part 2. Africa.- 9. Low frequency winter rainfall variability in the North West of Morocco(Ali Bellichi).- 10. Projections of Peanut Yields from 2011-2040 in Senegal Using Classification and Regression Trees (Mamadou Adama Sarr).- 11. Facing Climate Change through Sustainable Agriculture: Can Results from China be transferred to Africa? (Liette Vasseur).- 12. Adaptation Strategies in the Valley of the Senegal River: A Social Approach to Dealing with Climate Change in Senegal (Gabrielle Tremblay).- 13. Adaptations of the Agricultural Calendar and Agricultural Techniques to Climate Change in the Highlands of Cameroon (Rodrigue Aimé Feumba).- 14. Conclusion (Christopher R. Bryant).

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Christopher Bryant received his doctorate in 1970 at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London. He was progressively Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in Geography at the University of Waterloo (1970 à 1990), then Full Professor  in Geography the Université de Montréal (1990 à 2014), and is now Adjunct Profesor in Geography at the Université de Montréal and also in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Planning, University of Guelph. He is one of the international leaders in research on urban/periurban agricultures (Canada, Western Europe and elsewhere, and he is also a recognized leader in the domain of adaptation of human activities (and especially agriculture) to climate change and variability, in local and community development, and in the strategic planning for local and regional development for and by citizens. Mamadou Adama Sarr received his PhD from the Université Jean Moulin Lyon III, France. His current affiliation is as a Researcher with the Centre de Suivi Écologique, Dakar, Senegal. He was also a post-doctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Sustainable Development and Territorial Dynamics, Geography at the Université de Montréal. His research interests are in climatology, climate Change, regional climate modeling, climate variability and extreme, Geographic Information Systems and Socio-Ecological Systems. Kénel Delusca holds a Ph.D in geography from the Université de Montréal. He is currently Adjunct Professor with the Institut des Technologies et des Études Avancées d'Haïti (ISTEAH). His research interests are: climate change vulnerability assessment, high-resolution climate scenario elaboration, crop modeling, climate change policy, environmental evaluation, and multi criteria analysis.

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