Agricultural food and Nutrition
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Agricultural food and Nutrition

  1. 303 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Agricultural food and Nutrition

About this book

Most of the small holder farmers providing the world with food are food insecure. This means that they don't have enough food to eat thus their nutritional need are not met per day as per the recommendations of food and nutrition organizations. This book clearly educates the audience on specific agricultural, food and nutrition concepts and definitions to fully grasp what each means. The book also shows the importance of agriculture as a source of food and other food sources. The book further explains food quality and quantity recommended for healthy adults and children. Food and nutrition are affected by political, cultural and economic factors, this book looks at the different food guidelines provided by different regions based on the above factors. Food and nutrition are associated with health the book also looks at the association of overnutrition and undernutrition and the different type and their effect on health. The book further discusses the aspects (food safety, waste, policy and sustainable diets) to consider in declaring a country or individual food secure or insecure and the efforts being put in place to achieve this. Therefore, this book is a hive for information for all in regard to food and nutrition.

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Yes, you can access Agricultural food and Nutrition by Nekesah T. Wafullah,Kuria C. Munene in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agronomy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. About the Authors
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. List of Acronyms
  10. Acknowledgment
  11. Preface
  12. Chapter 1: Food and Nutrition Basics
  13. Chapter 2: Nutrition
  14. Chapter 3: Malnutrition
  15. Chapter 4: Food and Nutrition Security
  16. Chapter 5: Food Biodiversity and Sustainable Diets
  17. Chapter 6: Food Safety
  18. Chapter 7: Food Loss and Waste
  19. References
  20. Index
  21. Back Cover