Climate Change-Resilient Agriculture and Agroforestry: Ecosystem Services and Sustainability

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 Terraced Agroforestry Systems in West Anti-Atlas (Morocco): Incidence of Climate Change and Prospects for Sustainable Development  (Mohamed Ziyadi, Abdallah Dahbi, Abderahmane Aitlhaj, Abdeltif El Ouahrani, Abdelhadi El Ouahidi, Hafid Achtak)....Pages 1-19
 Increasing Pulse Consumption to Improve Human Health and Food Security and to Mitigate Climate Change  (Beatriz Oliveira, Ana Pinto de Moura, Luís Miguel Cunha)....Pages 21-35
 Ecosystem Services and Incentive Mechanisms for Environmental Preservation in Brazil  (Andréia Faraoni Freitas Setti, Walter Leal Filho, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro)....Pages 37-51
 Are We Missing the Big Picture? Unlocking the Social-Ecological Resilience of High Nature Value Farmlands to Future Climate Change  (A. Lomba, A. Buchadas, João P. Honrado, F. Moreira)....Pages 53-72
 Profitability of Cassava Based Farms Adopting Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Practices in Delta State, Nigeria  (Anthony O. Onoja, Joshua Agbomedarho, Ibisime Etela, Eunice N. Ajie)....Pages 73-88
 Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices (CSA) Adoption by Crop Farmers in Semi-arid Regions of West and East Africa: Evidence from Nigeria and Ethiopia  (Anthony O. Onoja, Amanuel Z. Abraha, Atkilt Girma, Anthonia I. Achike)....Pages 89-113
 Challenges, Futures and Possibilities of Land Use in Rural Areas of Cela Municipality: Risks, Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Links to Sustainability  (Bernardo Castro)....Pages 115-136
 Future Climate Change Impacts on Malta’s Agriculture, Based on Multi-model Results from WCRP’s CMIP5  (Charles Galdies, Kimberly Vella)....Pages 137-156
 The Urgent Need for Enhancing Forest Ecosystem Resilience Under the Anticipated Climate Portfolio Over Kerala Under RCP 4.5 and Its Possible Implications on Forests  (Praveen Dhanya, Andimuthu Ramachandran)....Pages 157-174
 Mediterranean Marginal Lands in Face of Climate Change: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services  (Helena Castro, Paula Castro)....Pages 175-187
 Sustainable Food Systems in Culturally Coherent Social Contexts: Discussions Around Culture, Sustainability, Climate Change and the Mediterranean Diet  (F. Xavier Medina)....Pages 189-196
 Multifunctional Urban Agriculture and Agroforestry for Sustainable Land Use Planning in the Context of Climate Change in Serbia  (Jelena Živanović Miljković, Tijana Crnčević)....Pages 197-213
 Alien Plant Species: Environmental Risks in Agricultural and Agro-Forest Landscapes Under Climate Change  (Joana R. Vicente, Ana Sofia Vaz, Ana Isabel Queiroz, Ana R. Buchadas, Antoine Guisan, Christoph Kueffer et al.)....Pages 215-234
 Remote Sensing of Droughts Impacts on Maize Prices Using SPOT-VGT Derived Vegetation Index  (John A. Ogbodo, Ejiet John Wasige, Sakirat M. Shuaibu, Timothy Dube, Samuel Emeka Anarah)....Pages 235-255
 Anthropic Action Effects Caused by Soybean Farmers in a Watershed of Tocantins—Brazil and Its Connections with Climate Change  (José Jamil Fernandes Martins, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro, Mauro Lucio Torres Correia)....Pages 257-281
 Enhancing Food Security and Climate Change Resilience in Degraded Land Areas by Resilient Crops and Agroforestry  (Muhammad Saqib, Javaid Akhtar, Ghulam Abbas, Ghulam Murtaza)....Pages 283-297
 Community Participation in Climate Change Mitigation Research in the Arid and Semi-Arid Areas of Sudan  (N. A. Mutwali, M. E. Ballal, A. M. Farah)....Pages 299-316
 Using of Optimization Strategy for Reducing Water Scarcity in the Face of Climate Change  (Mohammad Javad Zareian, Saeid Eslamian)....Pages 317-331
 Climate Change Impact on Agriculture and Irrigation Network  (Zohreh Dehghan, Farshad Fathian, Saeid Eslamian)....Pages 333-354
 Implication of Climate Change and Food Security Status on Rural Farmers in Kura Kano State North–Western Nigeria  (Salisu Lawal Halliru)....Pages 355-365
 Decentralised, Off-Grid Solar Pump Irrigation Systems in Developing Countries—Are They Pro-poor, Pro-environment and Pro-women?  (Sam Wong)....Pages 367-382
 Livestock Technologies and Grazing Land Management Options for Climate Change Adaption and Mitigation as a Contribution for Food Security in Ethiopia: A Brief Overview  (Shigdaf Mekuriaw, Alemayehu Mengistu, Firew Tegegne)....Pages 383-396
 Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security in Ethiopia: Adaptation and Mitigation Options: A Review  (Tadesse Alemu, Alemayehu Mengistu)....Pages 397-412
 Comparative Study on Agriculture and Forestry Climate Change Adaptation Projects in Mongolia, the Philippines, and Timor Leste  (Cynthia Juwita Ismail, Takeshi Takama, Ibnu Budiman, Michele Knight)....Pages 413-430
 Perceiving, Raising Awareness and Policy Action to Address Pollinator Decline in Nigeria  (Thomas Aneni, Charles Aisagbonhi, Victor Adaigbe, Cosmas Aghayedo)....Pages 431-454
 Promoting Circular Economy Through Sustainable Agriculture in Hidalgo: Recycling of Agro-Industrial Waste for Production of High Nutritional Native Mushrooms  (María Virginia Ozcariz-Fermoselle, Gabriela de Vega-Luttmann, Fernando de Jesús Lugo-Monter, Cristina Galhano, Oscar Arce-Cervantes)....Pages 455-469
 People and Parks: On the Relationship Between Community Development and Nature Conservation Amid Climate Change in South-Eastern Zimbabwe  (Wedzerai Chiedza Mandudzo)....Pages 471-491
 Environmental Assets and Carbon Markets: Could It Be Amazônia’s New Belle Époque?  (Thiago Lima Klautau de Araújo, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro)....Pages 493-520