Sustainability Challenges in the Agrofood Sector - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 111907276X ISBN 13: 9781119072768

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2017

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Sustainability Challenges in the Agrofood Sector covers a wide range of agrofood-related concerns, including urban and rural agriculture and livelihoods, water-energy management, food and environmental policies, diet and human health. Significant and relevant research topics highlighting the most recent updates will be covered, with contributions from leading experts currently based in academia, government bodies and NGOs (see list of contributors below). Chapters will address the realities of sustainable agrofood, the issues and challenges at stake, and will propose and discuss novel approaches to these issues. This book will be the most up-to-date and complete work yet published on the topic, with new and hot topics covered as well as the core aspects and challenges of agrofood sustainability.

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Dr Rajeev Bhat is currently working as Associate Professor and Head of Food Science Department at the Fiji National University, Fiji Islands. Dr Bhat has nearly 17 years of research experience, gained by working in India, South Korea, Malaysia and Germany. His major theme of research revolves around food security, food safety and sustainable food production.

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Agrofood sustainability is a key word in today's world, and has prompted several novel and impressive research works globally. Communicating lab- or office-generated knowledge to local farming communities is an important part of dealing with the sustainability challenges faced by the agriculture and food sectors

Sustainability Challenges in the Agrofood Sector presents the core aspects and challenges encountered in the agrofood (or agri-food) sector, with a focus on the future of sustainability. Various multi-disciplinary aspects and a range of topics concerning the impact of environmental or climatic changes on the agriculture and food sectors are discussed, including: the food–energy–water nexus, supply chain management, food diversification, diet and human health effects, food wastes, sustainable food-processing technologies, food tourism, judicial and regulatory issues and educating consumers on the significance of sustainability. Written by leading experts in the field, each chapter addresses the realities of sustainable agriculture and food systems and discusses novel approaches to address the issues and challenges they throw up.

Sustainability Challenges in the Agrofood Sector is the most up-to-date and complete work published on this topic, providing researchers, graduate students, agri-food scientists, industrial professionals and policymakers with readily accessible reference material.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 111907276X
• ISBN 13: 9781119072768
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 712
• Herausgeber: Bhat Rajeev
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar