This timely book provides authoritative, comprehensive, and easy-to-follow coverage of the fundamental concepts and practical techniques on the use of process integration to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of industrial processes.
Sustainable Food and Agriculture: An Integrated Approach is the first book to look at the imminent threats to sustainable food security through a cross-sectoral lens.
During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture.
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Narratives and Resource Securities: A Global South Perspective provides a knowledge synthesis on the water-energy-food(WEF) nexus, focusing primarily on the global south.
Materials and Sustainable Development, Second Edition, written by noted materials selection authority Mike Ashby, provides a structure and framework for analyzing sustainable development and the role of materials in it.
An exploration of the lived experience of small-scale organic farmers in New England that unpacks how they balance their ideals with economic realities In recent years, the popularity of organically grown produce has exploded.
As the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) has made considerable progress in food security, addressing health, safety, and environmental concerns is also essential.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported the provincial authorities of Quang Nam in Viet Nam to scale up the implementation of payments for forest environmental services (PFES) through a technical assistance financed by the Governments of Sweden and Norway.
En el proyecto de investigación Aplicación de tecnologías para el aprovechamiento integral de las fracciones celulósica y hemicelulósica de la cascarilla de arroz , propuesto y ejecutado por el Departamento de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, se realizó la evaluación de tecnologías para el fraccionamiento de la cascarilla de arroz con el fin de proponer procesos para la obtención de etanol y furfural.
The Asian Development Bank hosted the Asia-Pacific Rural Development and Food Security Forum 2022 to prompt governments to provide leadership to rethink the future of agriculture amid complex and evolving challenges; explore new research, innovations, and technologies to build nature-positive food systems; and forge partnerships and collaboration to mobilize financing for innovation, research, and business for food and nutrition security.
This country sector assessment shows how rapid economic growth and climate change are impacting Bangladesh's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development sector, and outlines ways the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping foster greater food security.
Considers the impact of dietary background and availability of key nutrients and micronutrients on poultry meat quality Reviews the key quality defects associated with poultry muscle development, including dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM), pale soft exudative (PSE) and intramuscular connective tissue (ICMT) Provides a detailed assessment of the individual quality traits consumer expectations are driven by (colour, texture and flavour)
Addresses the wealth of research on understanding, managing and monitoring major insect pests affecting cereal crops Considers emerging issues facing cereal production, including the arrival of invasive species as a result of climate change Explores key advances in understanding plant-insect interactions in infestations of wheat and other cereals
A moving exploration of presence and place told through the stories of small-scale farmers who, despite intense adversity, continue caring for their land Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships.
Addresses the wealth of research on understanding, managing and monitoring major insect pests affecting cereal crops Considers emerging issues facing cereal production, including the arrival of invasive species as a result of climate change Explores key advances in understanding plant-insect interactions in infestations of wheat and other cereals
Considers the impact of dietary background and availability of key nutrients and micronutrients on poultry meat quality Reviews the key quality defects associated with poultry muscle development, including dorsal cranial myopathy (DCM), pale soft exudative (PSE) and intramuscular connective tissue (ICMT) Provides a detailed assessment of the individual quality traits consumer expectations are driven by (colour, texture and flavour)
Reviews advances in cultivation practice such as seed establishment and more efficient irrigation techniques; Summarises developments in 'climate smart' agriculture such as conservation tillage and organic wheat cultivation; Discusses ways of supporting smallholders improve wheat cultivation in North Africa and other regions in the developing world
Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Planning, Design, and Control through Interdisciplinary Methodologies provides integrated and practicable solutions that aid planners and entrepreneurs in the design and optimization of food production-distribution systems and operations and drives change toward sustainable food ecosystems.
Harness the power of permaculture to thrive, not just survive, the great transition from fossil fuels Caught between climate change and a fossil fuel-driven economy that demands ever more growth, the world faces a great transition-by design or disaster-away from fossil fuels to an alternative renewable energy future.
Global Environmental Sustainability: Case Studies and Analysis of the United Nations' Journey toward Sustainable Development presents an integrated, interdisciplinary analysis of sustainable development, addressing global environmental problems in the contemporary world.
Assessing and Measuring Environmental Impact and Sustainability answers the question "e;what are the available methodologies to assess the environmental sustainability of a product, system or process?
