Protected Agriculture: A Climate Change Adaptation for Food and Nutrition Security

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Author(s): Janet Lawrence (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Trinidad and Tobago), Leslie Simpson (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Jamaica)and Adanna Piggott (Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), Trinidad and Tobago)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 19
Source title: Natural Resources Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0803-8.ch007

Keywords: Environment & Agriculture / Environmental Science and Technologies / Information Science Reference / Natural Resource Management

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This chapter provides an overview of the changing environment and the increased pest pressure that are projected to occur due to climate change and variability. Protected agriculture is introduced as an adaptation strategy to address these conditions and assist with food and nutrition security targets. The scope of the technology and the benefits of producing crops using protected systems as well as the use of protected systems in SIDS, with some emphasis on the Caribbean region, are outlined. The chapter outlines: (1) the specific features of the technology that assist with reducing the impacts of climate change and (2) some possible considerations for the successful development of a sustainable protected agriculture industry under climate change and variability.

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