Preface -- 01 Impact of human activity, climate and other factors on nitrogen in agriculture -- 02 Impact of tillage methods on environment, energy and economy -- 03 Coffee production and climate change impact In Ethiopia -- 04 Impact of climate on coastal agro-ecosystems -- 05 Methanogenesis and methane emission in rice paddy fields -- 06 Physical and biological processes controlling soil C dynamics -- 07 Halophilic microbial ecology for agricultural production in salt affected lands -- 08 Groundwater and agriculture evolution in Central Punjab, Pakistan -- 09 Bioindicators of degraded soils -- 10 Closed and semi-closed systems in agriculture -- 11 Bioenergy and sustainable agriculture.

This book presents advanced knowledge on the relationships between climate change and agriculture, and various adaptation techniques such as low tillage, salt-adapted beneficial microbes and closed systems. Climate change is unavoidable but adaptation is possible. Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes, both of which take place on a global scale. Climate change affects agriculture through changes in average temperatures, rainfall and climate extremes; changes in pests and diseases; changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide; changes in the nutritional quality of some foods; and changes in sea level.