Agrobiodiversity provides most of our food through our interaction with crops and domestic animals. Future global food security is firmly anchored in sound, science-based management of agrobiodiversity. This book presents key concepts of agrobiodiversity management, critically reviewing...

The world food problem -- Mexico's way out -- A continent of peasants -- We shall release the waters -- A very big, very poor country -- Parable of seeds -- You can't eat steel -- The meaning of famine -- The conquest of hunger -- Present at the recreation

The book provides a thorough review of current food safety and sanitation information with practical applications of current research findings included. The book surveys and examines the prevailing research and applications and reviews specific operational issues such as power or water...

The food security of a nation is largely dependent on its ecological foundation. In India, competition for water, land, human, and financial resources, and the suitability of the existing institutional system in ensuring food security require the attention of both policy makers and planners....

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Elements of Our Complicated Food System: Food, Land, and Farmers -- 1. Utopian Dream: A Farm Bill Linking Agriculture to Health -- 2. Land for Food in the Twenty-First Century -- 3. The Social...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Usage -- Units of Weight and Measure -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Founding and Feeding an Imperial City -- Chapter 2. Selling Flour in St. Petersburg -- Chapter 3. Sources of Supply -- Chapter 4. Production -- Chapter 5. Commerce -- Chapter 6....

This book provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down. The contents include a description of the paradigm shift under the leadership of the author, from a green to an ever-green revolution necessary...

In the blizzard of attention around the virtues of local food production, food writers and activists place environmental protection, animal welfare, and saving small farms at the forefront of their attention. Yet amid this turn to wholesome and responsible food choices, the lives and working...

Food and drink supply chains are complex, continually changing systems, involving many participants. They present stakeholders across the food and drinks industries with considerable challenges. Delivering performance in food supply chains offers expert perspectives to help practitioners and...