Food security and supply

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

This book makes a systematic study of the history, current situation and trend of China's food security and the global food security.

This book is a timely overview of the various aspects of consumer perception related to food.

This two-volume set discusses recent approaches and technological innovations for sustainable agriculture in smallholder farming systems impacted by climate change.

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

This book highlights important aspects of food biotechnology.

The use of nanomaterials in food packaging is a rapidly advancing area with massive potential for increasing shelf life and improving the safety of food products.

Hundreds of millions of people still suffer from chronic hunger and food insecurity despite sufficient levels of global food production.

Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomes This is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water resources, and water management in a detailed and thorough way.

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.

This third volume in the Handbook of Food Science and Technology Set explains the processing of raw materials into traditional food (bread, wine, cheese, etc.

This thought-provoking book explores the link between animals, people and their social and physical environments in relation to livestock farming, food safety, food security and sustainability.

Offering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for appropriate acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life.

Sustainable food production is a global challenge with respect to climate change and an ever-increasing world population.

This volume provides an interdisciplinary collection of studies that cover the trends and issues related to agricultural productivity and availability, food and nutrition security, and sustainability in India.

Epigenetics encompasses all changes in gene expression that occur without alterations to the DNA sequence.

The food system has changed considerably in the last century.

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Focusing on the crucial sustainability challenge of reducing food loss at the level of consumer society, this volume provides an in-depth, research-based overview of this multifaceted problem.

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.

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.

Sustainable Food System has cutting-edge green & circular Technologies, food Safety & diversity that aims to provide quality and safe foods in an environmentally conscious and sustainable way.

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

As the era of thriving, small-scale fishing communities continues to wane across waters that once teamed with (a way of) life, Fiona McCormack opens a window into contemporary fisheries quota systems, laying bare how neoliberalism has entangled itself in our approach to environmental management.

With the global population projected to reach 9 billion by the year 2050, the need for nations to secure food supplies for their populations has never been more pressing.

This book on the fisheries sector in India, through primary surveys as well as secondary literature, brings out various nuances of the sector and its trade opportunities, the complexities surrounding the supply chain of fish, as well as the evolution of its marketing channels.

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

Dry fish is an excellent and cheap source of protein and fat in both developed and developing nations, especially for vulnerable populations.

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This book presents different dietary patterns, some utilizing wild foods and others facing drastically changing dietary patterns, and shows their implications for health in terms of wealth, mutual assistance, food sufficiency and food diversity.

Offering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for appropriate acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life.

This textbook integrates three related fields in economics, namely agricultural/forestry economics, environmental economics, and international trade, by foregrounding cost-benefit analysis as a significant policy tool.

This book explains how a former net food exporting Nepal has become a net food importing country due to a lack of an integrated system-wide approach to planning and governance of agriculture and natural resources.

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

This book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry - food.

This book delves into the specific subject area of life sciences, focusing on the remarkable world of millets and their multifaceted contributions.

Specialty crops are defined as fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops including floriculture.

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

This book brings together innovative research that examines respectively climate change, agricultural production, environmental impacts, food security, nutrition and human health issues with regard to international policies as well as sustainable development goals.

Advances in science and policy during the past 50 years have prevented the predicted widespread food shortages as the world's population soared.

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

The Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Food Hygiene, Agriculture and Animal Science provides an all-encompassing review of each contributor's study in topics such as food hygiene, agriculture, animal science, animal histology and embryology, and livestock production systems.

A deeply human-centered perspective on the origins of America's food Where Am I Eating?

This volume is the outcome of an international cooperation between 73 scientists, experts, and practitioners from many countries, disciplines, and professional areas.

This book takes a transdisciplinary approach and considers multisectoral actions, integrating health, agriculture and environmental sector issues to comprehensively explore the topic of sustainable diets.

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

There has been growing academic interest in local food plants.

Food security and child malnutrition are at the forefront of our attention, both nationally and internationally.