Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251390967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Author: Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251390967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Smart Food Industry: The Blockchain for Sustainable Engineering
Author: Eduardo Jacob LopesPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1040005780
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
Smart Food Industry: The Blockchain for Sustainable Engineering, Volume II - Current Status, Future Foods, and Global Issues reviews the literature and scientific frameworks to present a kind of sustainability compass. Disruptive approaches around potential sustainable foods are also widely investigated in order to be an alternative route for the industrial future. Thus, this book proposes new concepts and strategies to face future sustainability challenges that are on the horizon and can impact the next generation of foods. Divided into three parts, this book discusses the (i) status of sustainable food industry, (ii) next generation and future technology for sustainable foods, and (iii) policy, social, economic, and environmental aspects in food industries. Given the book's breadth, it provides readers with an invaluable reference resource for students, researchers, graduates, and professionals, in general, who wish to gain knowledge about the engineering and food processing area so as to achieve sustainable food production.
Nanomaterials for Environmental and Agricultural Sectors
Author: Rakesh Kumar BachhetiPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 9819928745
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book gives a complete overview of current developments in nanotechnology-based environmental remediation and sustainable agriculture practices/sectors. It will provide the use of nanotechnology in the agricultural sector such as crop production and improvement, soil fertility management along with benefits and risks of nanotechnology on ecological farming. Additionally, the book also discovers how nanotechnology is used in water, air remediation techniques and major challenges in using nanomaterials for improving water and air quality. The book can be a reference source for academicians, scientists, policymakers, students, and research scientists working in minimizing the environmental pollution and increasing agricultural production using nanoparticles.
Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering
Author: Juan Carlos Figueroa-GarcíaPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031206118
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Engineering Applications on Applied Computer Sciences in Engineering, WEA 2022, which took place in Bogotá, Colombia, in November/December 2022. The 39 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 143 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Artificial Intelligence; Optimization; Simulation; and Applications.
Crisis after the Crisis: Economic Development in the New Normal
Author: Luminita ChivuPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031309960
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
Climate Change and Health Hazards
Author: Walter Leal FilhoPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031265920
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
This book contains a set of papers which explore the links among climate change, health, and hazards and demonstrate how they interact. It emphasizes the urgency of immediate and more ambitious action to address climate risks. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), human-induced climate change is known to be causing dangerous and widespread disruptions in nature and is affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. Climate change is also negatively influencing health and is mounting threat to our wellbeing and a healthy planet. The world is also facing significant climate hazards over the next two decades, with global warming expected to soon reach 1.5°C. Even temporarily exceeding this warming level will result in additional severe impacts, some of which may be irreversible. There is therefore a perceived need for publications which may foster a greater understanding of how climate change connects to human health and the role played by hazards in this context. It is against this background that this book is being prepared.
Social Inequality
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1837684057
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This edited volume Social Inequality - Structure and Social Processes is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters offering a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the field of social sciences and humanities. The book comprises single chapters authored by various researchers and edited by an expert active in the social sciences and humanities research area. All chapters are complete in themselves but united under a common research study topic. This publication aims at providing a thorough overview of the latest research efforts by international authors on social sciences and humanities, and to open new research paths for further developments.
Advanced Nanotechnology in Plants
Author: Jen-Tsung ChenPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1003826709
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Nanotechnology uses nanomaterials/nanoparticles that can penetrate plant cells and interact with intracellular organelles and metabolites impacting plant growth, development, physiology, and biochemistry. Advanced Nanotechnology in Plants: Methods and Applications explores emerging plant nanotechnology, covering advanced methods and applications with an emphasis on the mitigation of plant diseases and environmental stressors. This technology can lead to the improvement of crop quality and yield to face the challenge of global climate change with an expanding global population. Features: Summarizes advanced methods and current applications of nanotechnology to mitigate plant stress Supports the Paris Agreement, which tackles three main objectives for sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, adapting and building resilience to climate change, and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions Discusses potential uses and future directions in green nanotechnology for smart and sustainable agriculture The content fits the goals of the UN SDGs contributing to goals 12 and 15 for responsible consumption and production and sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems Provides current research findings of engineered nanoparticles for phytoremediation This book is a reference for students, researchers, and scientists in the field of plant sciences and nanotechnology. It is also useful for those in green chemistry, and environmental sciences, and can be a practical handbook for academics, including teachers, students, and agricultural experts.
Food Security and Food Safety Challenges in Venezuela
Author: Maria S. TapiaPublisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889743683
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Human Growth and Nutrition in Latin American and Caribbean Countries
Author: Sudip Datta BanikPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031278488
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
This book analyzes biological and sociocultural factors that influence nutritional status, physical growth, development and maturation of children and adolescents in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries in the perspective of human ecology. Chapters in this book bring together both theoretical and empirical studies that take into account human biological and environmental conditions to understand how ethnic diversity, culturally determined lifestyle and dietary habits influence biological variation of human growth and nutrition in nine LAC countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. The book is divided into three sections. Chapters in the first section analyze nutritional and epidemiological aspects of child growth in the region. Articles in the second section focus on methods to evaluate human growth, development, and maturation. Finally, the third section brings together a series of studies representing different LAC countries, analyzing biocultural impacts on child growth and nutrition. By bringing together studies about the relationship between human biology, cultural diversity, nutrition and health in a region with huge environmental challenges, this volume addresses many of the challenges to achieve the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 3 (Good Health and Well-Being). Chapters in this volume present and discuss data on the effects of malnutrition on children's and adolescent's health and development, such as chronic undernutrition or stunting (growth deficit) and excess weight (overweight and obesity) as the risk factors for child morbidity and mortality m due to non-communicable diseases. Human Growth and Nutrition in Latin American and Caribbean Countries will be a valuable resource for both students and researchers in different disciplines dedicated to the interdisciplinary research on the intersection between human biology, cultural diversity, nutrition and health. It will also be a useful source of information for both health professionals and policy makers developing and implementing interventions and public policies to achieve UN’s SDGs 2 and 3, particularly in the LAC regions.