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This book presents evidence-based research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems and further to provide innovative and practical solutions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigating the impact of climate change.

Intensive farming systems are a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, thereby contributing to global warming and the acceleration of climate change. As paddy rice farming is one of the largest contributors, and most environmentally damaging farming systems, this will be a particular focus of the book. The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions needs to be urgently addressed to achieve the 2 degrees Celsius target adopted by COP21 and the 2015 Paris Agreement, but this is not possible if local and national level innovations are not accompanied by international level cooperation, mutual learning and sharing of knowledge and technologies. This book, therefore, brings together international collaborative research on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems compiled by leading scientists and experts from Europe, Asia and Africa. The chapters present evidence-based research and innovative solutions that can be applied or upscaled in different farming systems and regions across the world. Chapters present models and technologies that can be used for practical implementation at the systemic level and advance state of the art knowledge on carbon neutral farming. Combining theory and practice, this interdisciplinary book provides guidance which can inform and increase cooperation between researchers from various countries on climate-neutral and resilient farming systems. Most importantly, the volume provides recommendations which can be put into practice by those working in the agricultural industry, especially in developing countries, where they are attempting to promote climate-neutral and resilient farming systems.

The book will be of great interest to students and academics of sustainable agriculture, food security, climate mitigation and sustainable development, in addition to policymakers and practitioners working in these areas.

The bioeconomy approach and sustainable development / Udaya Sekhar Nagothu, Takanori Nagano -- Sustainable biomass production from oceans and potential for circular bioeconomy / Trond Rafoss, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu -- Land and ocean connection through iron transport by rivers - a case of the Amur-Okhotsk ecosystem (Giant Fish-Breeding Forest) / Takeo Onishi, Takayuki Shiraiwa -- Evaluating local sustainability including ecosystem services provided by rural areas to cities to promote bioeconomy / Tohru Nakashizuka, Kunihiko Kobayashi, Rei Shibata, Masahiro Aiba, Takahiro Sasai, Michio Oguro, Hiroko Kurokawa, Shunsuke Managi -- Transition towards bio-based economy in small-scale agriculture in sub Saharan Africa through sustainable intensification / Mehreteab Tesfai, Giacomo Branca, Luca Cacchiarelli, Chiara Perelli, Udaya Sekhar Nagothu -- Save and Grow: Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production and Innovative Market Linkages for Building Resilient Rural Economies in the Greater Mekong Subregion / Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda M Abubakar, Avakat Phasouysaingam, Vornthalom Chanthavong, Ngo Tien Dung, Mayling Flores Rojas, Abha Mishra and Peter Sprang -- Protected Cultivation of Vegetables in Sub-Saharan Africa - Scope and impacts / Hugo Despretz, Thibault Nordey, Armel Clement Goudjo Mensah -- Mediterranean Anthroscapes: A Bioeconomy Domain for a Sustainable Land Use / Erhan Akca, Suha Berberoglu, Takanori Nagano, Selim Kapur -- Centrum Wood Vision: creating new value chains for sustainable woods management in Japan / Takanori Nagano, Yuka Bando, Yutaka Okano, Daisuke Maki, Takahiro Ueyama -- Promoting sustainable biogas technology development through integrated food and energy systems / Roar Linjordet, Divina Gracia P. Rodriguez, Mehreteab Tesfai, Anne Strøm Prestvik, Salome Modiselle, Primrose Magama, and Mokhele Moeletsi -- The need for stakeholder engagement and participative governance to promote bioeconomy / Divina Gracia P. Rodriguez, Anne Strøm Prestvik -- Summary and way forward towards a sustainable bioeconomy / Udaya Sekhar Nagothu

This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It, first, makes a quantitative assessment of how climate change affects agricultural and food production systems; second, predicts how these systems may respond to climate change; and third, suggests adaptation measures and strategies to improve the income of farmers, increase production, save water and conserve environment.The work will be greatly useful to policy-makers, researchers and teachers of agricultural economics, environmental studies and economics and developmen