Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems

Integration and Synergies

  1. 340 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems

Integration and Synergies

About this book

Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a science-based reference which explores the roles played by agri-food ecosystems, their functions and needs, and the importance of the interdependencies among them. This book explores the relationships between food ecosystems, highlighting each entity's role in transforming, preserving, and conserving the others. It is a vital resource of information on the ecosystems that surround the food supply chain and includes all processes, from primary production of food through consumption. The book covers the agricultural and farming phases; processing and transformation; storage and consolidation; packaging; transportation; the management of waste and losses; and the supply and conservation of enabling resources like materials, biodiversity, energy, and water. Sustainable Development and Pathways for Food Ecosystems: Integration and Synergies is a useful reference for academics, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals involved within the agri-food sector management. - Provides information on sustainability challenges, developments and solutions related to food ecosystems - Discusses the impact of renewables toward sustainable and zero-carbon food ecosystems - Summarizes the scientific literature on alternative valorization strategies to reduce biomass - Defines boundaries of analysis of entities, input/output flows, constraints and performance goals to measure data

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Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Cover image
  3. Title page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Copyright
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 Exploring strategies, technologies, and novel paradigms for sustainable agri-food supply chain ecosystems design and control
  10. Chapter 2 Planning growers’ strategies for sustainable large-scale food supply network and food security
  11. Chapter 3 Sustainable development of food supply chains toward food security managing and reducing losses
  12. Chapter 4 Reconciling the design of livestock production systems and the preservation of ecosystems
  13. Chapter 5 The role of organic and natural ecosystems in the food industry
  14. Chapter 6 Sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services with agricultural production
  15. Chapter 7 Sustainable materials and infrastructures for the food industry
  16. Chapter 8 Valorization of food waste biomass and biomaterials from a circular economy approach
  17. Chapter 9 Biopolymers as sustainable alternatives in the food packaging industry
  18. Chapter 10 Assessing energy requirements in the European (EU-28) food sector
  19. Chapter 11 Reconciling biofuels with growing food demand and sustainable food systems
  20. Chapter 12 Solar thermal technology adoption in the food processing industry
  21. Chapter 13 Water management towards sustainable food industry
  22. Index