Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability
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Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability

Validated Innovative Approaches and Technological Advancements

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eBook - ePub

Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability

Validated Innovative Approaches and Technological Advancements

About this book

Sustainability is an important issue facing food security and safe food production today. Taking an interdisciplinary perspective, this research-oriented volume explores integrated, context-specific approaches to food security and food safety and examines the measures needed to guarantee long-term sustainability of the food supply chain by reviewing the existing data to encourage action and identify knowledge gaps. It also provides a detailed account of the impacts of the food supply chain along with the basic concepts of environmental sustainability. This new volume provides insight into effective policy development and implementation along with innovative validated approaches on how to develop sustainable food for a growing world population.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Editors
  6. Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter 1 Spirulina as a Novel Bioactive Material in Edible Films and Coatings as Sustainable Packaging Systems
  10. Chapter 2 Food Grade Emulsions for Delivery of Bioactive Compounds and Functional Foods
  11. Chapter 3 Nanotechnology Applied to Agriculture for the Efficient Use of Nitrogen
  12. Chapter 4 Perspectives of Bioplastics in Food Packaging: Sustainable Alternatives of Production
  13. Chapter 5 Proposal of a Biorefinery Design for the Utilization of Pineapple Stubble Using Aspen Plus
  14. Chapter 6 Valorization of Apple Residues: A Potential Biorefinery
  15. Chapter 7 Insights into Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy as a Tool for Metabolic Markers in Pre- and PostHarvest Sustainable Production of Food Crops
  16. Chapter 8 General Perspective of Iron Biofortification: A Promising Tool Against Mineral Disorder Nutrition
  17. Chapter 9 Bacterial Nanocellulose: Production and Perspectives for Future Applications in Food Industry
  18. Chapter 10 Functionalized Starch Biomaterials as a Possible Alternative in the Future of Food Packaging: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Perspectives
  19. Chapter 11 Agrochemicals as a Risk to Food Security in Mexico: A Case Study
  20. Index

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Yes, you can access Food Security, Safety, and Sustainability by Jose Juan Buenrostro-Figueroa,Julio César Tafolla-Arellano in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Agricultural Public Policy. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.