Food security and supply

Following recent price spikes, food policy will continue to be of crucial concern to developing countries for the foreseeable future.

An exploration of the relationship between possession and legalization across Indonesia, and how people navigate dispossession The old aphorism "e;possession is nine-tenths of the law"e; is particularly relevant in Indonesia, which has seen a string of regime changes and a shifting legal landscape for property claims.

The UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) for 'Zero Hunger' has refocused attention on hunger and malnutrition as major challenges for the 21st century and as essential desired goals for human development.

This book explores how lessons from past urban planning experiences can inform current debates on urban agriculture.

This book entitled 'Application of Nanotechnology in Food Science, Processing and Packaging' presents up-to-date information on the emerging roles of nanotechnology in food industry, its fundamental concepts, techniques and applications.

This book deals with the in-depth study of sustainability issues in the agri-food sector.

Over the centuries humans have used essential oils in the most diverse applications, mainly medicinal, and as sources of bioactive molecules.

This volume is intended to provide a comprehensive understanding of recent innovations related to the study of agricultural and environmental management for sustainable development.

This book highlights the approaches for achieving trans-disciplinary research integration for "e;semi-arid dryland agriculture systems"e; under changing climates, while also identifying the elements of a collaborative research agenda that are needed to advance global food security.

This book compiles updated information about the role and health benefits of various bioactives in food.

This edited book brings out comprehensive insights on agro-forestry systems to cope up climate change globally.

This edited book brings out comprehensive insights on agro-forestry systems to cope up climate change globally.

The book discusses the best international practices in digital agriculture.

According to the global hunger index, South Asia has worldwide highest rate of undernourished people.

How hunger shaped both colonialism and Native resistance in Early America "e;In this bold and original study, Cevasco punctures the myth of colonial America as a land of plenty.

A uniquely collaborative analysis of human adaptation to the Polynesian islands, told through oral histories, biophysical evidence, and historical records Humans began to settle the area we know as Polynesia between 3,000 and 800 years ago, bringing with them material culture, including plants and animals, and ideas about societal organization, and then adapting to the specific biophysical features of the islands they discovered.

This book takes you on a very different journey to wine country, inviting you to enjoy the remarkable stories of twenty dynamic women in the world of wine.

A richly illustrated account of the story of ancient vinicultureThe history of civilization is, in many ways, the history of wine.

A Vineyard Odyssey is a fascinating saga of wine-the journey from vine to bottle-that takes the reader on a travelogue of the many hazards that lie along the way.

Even as concern over climate change and energy security fuel a boom in solar technology, many still think of solar as a twentieth-century wonder.

Providing an introduction to the use of nutrition and health claims, this book explores these claims around the world and the impact of the different legislations on consumers as well as likely developments in the future.

Wine was produced in Burgundy and Bordeaux by the Romans and almost certainly by the Celts before them.

This book provides the current status, research advances, challenges and opportunities of hemp products along with recommendations for future research.

This book discusses a number of recent technological and methodological progressions in achieving sustainable agriculture.

This book, as a part of a series of CERES publications, provides a multi-regional and cross-sectoral analysis of food and water security, especially in the era of climate risks, biodiversity loss, pressure on scarce resources, especially land and water, increasing global population, and changing dietary preferences.

This book explores different aspects of entrepreneurship from both an academic and a commercial point of view.

This book tackles the main feature of water-smart, soil-smart and crop-smart practices and their integration to sustainably enhance food production.

Undertaking a journey into the "e;hybrid governance"e; of urban food movements, this book offers an original and nuanced analysis of the urban milieu as epicentre of food activism and food governance.

There has been growing academic interest in local food plants.

This book provides hands-on conceptual, theoretical, and case study discussions on vulnerability and resilience in the global south.

In Search of Biohappiness deals with methods of converting agro-biodiversity hotspots into happy spots.

This book discusses the various aspects of the health and nutritional benefits of the wonder grains, small millets.

This book covers important topics on various neglected and underutilised crops (vegetables, cereals, fruit crops).

This book investigates the relationships between economies of scale in food consumption and a number of socio-economic and demographic characteristics of households and household behavioural choices since food is the major share of household expenditure for poor households.

The book is a practical guide for the various steps in the post-harvest technology of frozen shrimps.

This book examines the current and future challenges facing the food and agricultural system and their implications for policymaking at the national and international level.

This book highlights important aspects of food biotechnology.

This book provides viewpoints on a cross-sectoral, multiscale assessment of food and livelihood security in changing climate, the main global threats of the 21st century.

Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to clean water supply, poor nutrition and lack of improved health services for its populace (IMF, 2021).

This volume discusses the nutraceutical importance, production technologies, management and cultivation practices of underutilized vegetables, which can be described as those vegetable crops which are neither grown commercially on a large scale nor traded widely.

Sub-Saharan Africa grapples with many public health issues such as food insecurity, increased prevalence of infectious diseases, limited access to clean water supply, poor nutrition and lack of improved health services for its populace (IMF, 2021).

This volume discusses the nutraceutical importance, production technologies, management and cultivation practices of underutilized vegetables, which can be described as those vegetable crops which are neither grown commercially on a large scale nor traded widely.

This book covers themes related to the geosphere, biosphere, sociosphere and ecosphere dealing with changing geographical, environmental and socio-economic realities to plan a sustainable future for the northeast region (NER) of India.

Shadow Negotiators is the first book to demonstrate that United Nations (UN) organizations have intervened to influence the discourse, agenda, and outcomes of international trade lawmaking at the World Trade Organization (WTO).

This book discusses emerging contexts of global warming and climate change, agricultural vulnerability and adaptation from local to global scale.

A bold redefinition of historical inquiry based on the "e;cropscape"e;-the people, creatures, technologies, ideas, and places that surround a crop Human efforts to move crops from one place to another have been a key driving force in history.

This book compiles a diverse and interdisciplinary range of scientific literature, laboratory developments, industrial implications and future prospects covering Entomophagy in 3D food printing to fight against hunger and nutritional deficiencies.

Did you know that more than a quarter of the greenhouse-gas emissions that cause climate change come from food?