Sustainability challenges in the agrofood sector / edited by Rajeev Bhat
- Published:
- Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 692 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Bhat, Rajeev
- Contents:
- Food sustainability challenges in the developing world / Rajeev Bhat -- The role of small-scale farms and food security / John McDonagh, Maura Farrell and Shane Conway -- Sustainability challenges, human diet, and environmental concerns / Christian J. Reynolds, Jonathan D. Buckley, Philip Weinstein and John Boland -- Sustainable challenges in the agrofood sector: the environment food-energy-water nexus / Chanathip Pharino -- Dynamics of grain security in South Asia: promoting sustainability through self-sufficiency / Ghose Bishwajit, Sharmistha Ghosh and Jose Renato Peneluppi, Jr. -- Local food diversification and its (sustainability) challenges / Eni Harmayani, Lily Arsanti Lestari, Puspita Mardika Sari and Murdijati Gardjito -- Sustainable supply chain management in agri-food chains: a competitive factor for food exporters / Ulla Lehtinen -- How logistics decisions affect the environmental sustainability of modern food supply chains: a case study from an Italian large-scale retailer / Riccardo Accorsi, Riccardo Manzini and Chiara Pini -- Strengthening food supply chains in Asia: challenges and strategies / Sapna A. Narula and Kalpana Vishnoi -- Revolutionizing food supply chains of Asia through ICTs / Sapna A. Narula -- Sustainability, materiality and independent external assurance: an exploratory study of the UK's leading food retailers / Peter Jones, Robin Brown, David Hillier and Daphne Comfort -- Environmental sustainability of traditional crop varieties: reviewing approaches and key issues for a multilevel evaluation / Alessandro K. Cerutti, Dario Donno, Maria Gabriella Mellano and Gabriele L. Beccaro -- Cradle-to-gate life cycle analysis of agricultural and food production in the US: a TRACI impact assessment / Yong Shin Park, Gokhan Egilmez and Murat Kucukvar -- Ensuring self-sufficiency and sustainability in the agrofood sector: sustainability challenges in agriculture and modelling / Prashant Goswami and Shivnarayan Nishad -- Sustainability challenges involved in use of nanotechnology in the agrofood sector / Gabriela Elena Viacava, Francisco Javier Vázquez, Jesús F. Ayala-Zavala and María R. Ansorena -- Sustainability of nutraceuticals and functional foods / Santad Wichienchot and Wan Rosli Wan Ishak -- Innovation and sustainable utilization of seaweeds as health foods / Fook Yee Chye, Birdie Scott Padam and Seah Young Ng -- Agrofoods for sustainable health benefits and their economy viability / Zakia Khanam and Irshad Ul Haq Bhat -- Sustainability challenges in food tourism / Yeoh Tow Kuang and Rajeev Bhat -- Diversification, innovation and safety of local cuisines and processed food products: emerging issues and the sustainability challenges / Yeoh Tow Kuang and Rajeev Bhat -- Soil health, crop productivity and sustainability challenges / Kulandaivelu Velmourougane and DeSouza Blaise -- Analysing the environmental, energy and economic feasibility of biomethanation of agrifood waste: a case study from Spain / Almudena González, Francisco Cuadros Blázquez and Francisco Cuadros Salcedo -- Agricultural waste for promoting sustainable energy / Thi-Thu-Huyen Do and Thi-Thu-Hang Pham -- Membrane technology in fish-processing waste utilization: some insights on sustainability / Wirote Youravong and Sutida Marthosa -- Sustainability issues, challenges and controversies surrounding the palm oil industry / Piyarat Boonsawang and Wirote Youravong -- Sustainability challenges in the coffee plantation sector / Kulandaivelu Velmourougane and Rajeev Bhat -- Food safety education: training farm workers in the US fresh produce sector / Angela M. Fraser and Otto D. Simmons -- Sustainability challenges and educating people involved in the agrofood sector / Caroline Opolski Medeiros.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9781119072768 (cloth) and 111907276X (cloth)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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