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Sustainable Agriculture and Global Environmental Health
Toward the Efficient Management of Resources
- 352 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
Sustainable Agriculture and Global Environmental Health
Toward the Efficient Management of Resources
About this book
New technologies have the potential to transform the agri-food industry by improving agricultural productivity. Recent innovations in this sector are making a useful contribution to environmental sustainability as well. This new book presents advanced methods and modern technologies in agri-food sectors to improve environmental health and food security on a global scale. It explores the principles of environmental sustainability and explains how these principles can be applied in practice in agri-food systems. It also provides an accessible framework for the effective management of resources for the reduction of chronic disease in humans and mitigating the degradation of the environment.
Key features:
- Describes the key concepts of sustainable food production for scientists interested in the environmental impacts of agriculture
- Reviews sustainable options to the industrial production methods used today to adopt healthier foods and lifestyles
- Reports on sustainable resources for the food industry along with sustainable processes for food scientists of all levels, both in academia and industry
- Explores technical innovations to connect the gap between a healthy environment and sustainable agriculture using the theories and principles set out in each chapter to address real-world problems
- Presents case studies related to our growing demand for food from the perspectives of disciplines ranging from environmental science to public health
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Yes, you can access Sustainable Agriculture and Global Environmental Health by Mónica Chávez-González,Cristóbal Noé Aguilar,Juan Carlos Contreras-Esquivel,A. K. Haghi in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Editors
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to the Environmental Sustainability of Biofuels
- 2 Advanced Oxidation Processes in the Treatment of Effluents Contaminated with Dyes
- 3 Built Environment Impact on Health, Water, Air, and Sustainable Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Alameda Zaragoza in Saltillo, Mexico
- 4 Sustainable Nanoscale Polymer-Based Edible Coatings
- 5 Removal of Dyes from Water: Techniques and Materials
- 6 Spent Coffee Ground as a Source of Bioactive Compounds with Food and Agriculture Applications: A Review
- 7 Sustainable Use of Semi-Desert Plants
- 8 Streptomyces sp. as a Producer of Bioactive Compounds for the Generation of Organic Herbicides
- 9 Biological Control as an Environmental Sustainable Strategy for Application in Postharvest Fruit Packaging
- 10 Biodiesel Production from Residual Fats and Oils by Enzymatic Catalysis: An Environmentally Friendly Alternative
- 11 Plant Extracts as Elicitors in Plants Against Diseases: Action Mode and Perspectives
- 12 Malanga and Its Sustainable Production
- 13 Valorization of Agro-Industrial Wastes for Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Pectin: A Review
- Index